| What's Related |
| These might interest you as well
Form Generator
Web Pages
Link Manager
|
|
| Welcome |
TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
Join us on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm at the Museum for talks, discussions, and fun.
August 12: Bill Ballard, president of the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, will discuss doing genealogical research.
September 9: Steve Brosemer, will portray John Calhoun, surveyor general and Lecompton Constitution president. Calhoun surveyed the
Kansas-Nebraska territory.
October 14: Karen Epp and Frank Lowery will host a Vietnam War roundtable.
November 11: Rita Scribner, Lyon County Historical Society curator, will talk about Major William H. Mapes, Emporia Civil War hero.
Talks are free of charge and take place
at 7 p.m. at the Lyon County Historical
Museum, 118 East 6th Avenue,
Emporia, Kansas.
The Lyon County Historical Museum is located
at 118 East 6th Avenue, next door to the
Emporia Public Library
Ethno-centric Historical Resources
The Lyon County Historical Society and Museum maintains a collection of historical memorabilia and archival research material on this group of Americans. For several generations, in spite of their contributions, African-Americans were excluded from our nation's history books. Learn more about their contributions in the history of our state and our nation.
The book Black Emporia shows how one town mirrors the nation's
experiences through oral histories, references to comparable national
events and a 1916 redwork quilt Read more...
Created on 02/04/2003 10:24 AM by admin
Updated on 07/23/2008 09:55 AM by lycohiso
|
|
|
|
