You could almost miss it in the shadow of El Cajon’s Civic Center; a museum that’s a time capsule into the old American West.
“It gives younger generations who weren’t exposed to that part of history a little influence to preserve the Western heritage of this country,” said John Stauffer, chairman of the board of the Olaf Wieghorst Museum and Western Heritage Center on Rea Avenue in the city’s Arts & Entertainment District.
“The interesting thing about the United States of America, we have a rather recent frontier, which has gone by the wayside over the last 100 years because the frontier phased itself out,” said Stauffer.
But the frontier is very much alive here, through the eyes of Olaf Wieghorst. It comes to life through his paintings, which cover the museum’s walls. Horses are featured in most of his works…