News and Events from the Greater Garden City Area
Humanities Kansas and the Finney County Historical Society are jointly sponsoring a workshop to help people write their family stories of immigration to Kansas. The session from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21 in the Finney County Historical Museum’s meeting room is part of a statewide project entitled […]
Courtesy of the Finney County Historical Society Finney County’s history of successfully welcoming immigrants into the local population will be shared in a new documentary, “Strangers in Town,” which is debuting statewide at 6 p.m. Oct. 10 in the auditorium at Garden City High School. The 33-minute production is the […]
By SCOTT AUST, FCEDC Director of Communications On a day that marked the 90th anniversary of the Fleagle gang’s notorious 1928 Colorado bank robbery, the Finney County Historical Museum unveiled Wednesday a piece of Fleagle-related history that will go on display at the museum. The Fleagle Gang were infamous Finney […]
The public is welcome to join members and guests in attending the 2018 annual Finney County Historical Society banquet set for 7 p.m. April 21 at the Church of the Nazarene fellowship hall, 2720 N. Campus Drive. Two families with deep roots in the community will be recognized with the […]
By the Finney County Historical Society Registration is under way for the Sixth Annual Southwest Kansas Antiques Appraisal Fair, which is set for 9 a.m. March 10 at the Finney County 4-H Building in Garden City. The all-day show should appeal to people who enjoy “Pawn Stars,” “American Pickers” or […]
By STEVE QUAKENBUSH, FCHS Executive Director Santa Claus is setting up shop at the Finney County Historical Museum in Garden City, and everyone is welcome to stop by during the upcoming holiday open house set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, with an encore exhibit featuring an […]
By Steve Quakenbush, Executive Director Finney County Historical Society Conny Bogaard, Ph.D., and Debra Bolton, Ph.D., will present a joint pre-holiday program for the next “Evening at the Museum” offering scheduled for 7 p.m. Nov. 21 in the meeting room of the Finney County Historical Museum, 403 S. Fourth St. […]
All tickets have been sold for the Finney County Historical Society’s Historic Walking Tours of Valley View Cemetery, which are scheduled Oct. 26, 27 and 28 in partnership with the cemetery staff. The Finney County Historical Museum has started a waiting list for tickets, in case any become available due […]
By the FINNEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Tickets are on sale now for the Finney County Historical Society’s 2017 Walking Tours of Valley View Cemetery set for later this month. At 6 and 8 p.m. on Oct. 26, 27 and 28, the fourth annual tour series offers a trove of historical […]
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