News and Events from the Greater Garden City Area
The Finney County Historical Museum in Garden City has announced its full series of Brown Bag Lunch and Evening at the Museum lectures for the spring season of 2020. Brown Bag Lunch programs take place at noon the second Wednesday of January, February, March, April and May. Evenings at the […]
The Finney County Historical Museum’s Evening at the Museum series resumes tonight at 7 p.m. with a program about immigration. Oscar Rivera of Garden City will present, “From Honduras to Kansas”, explaining his story of immigration to the U.S. at the museum, 403 S. Fourth St. The Evening at the […]
Johnetta Hebrlee, right, Finney County Historical Museum Education Coordinator, speaks during a past Brown Bag Lunch presentation at the museum. The free program is available at noon on the second Wednesday of each month through April. The Finney County Historical Museum’s 2019 Brown Bag Lunch series began Jan. 9 and […]
Southwest Kansans will get the chance to meet the author and the subject of a compelling new biography just published by University Press of Kansas in a book signing and public reception set for 2 to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Finney County Historical Museum, 403 S. Fourth St., […]
This Wednesday, Aug. 8, Finney County Historical Museum’s long-running Brown Bag Lunch history lecture series will resume with an expanded schedule. Starting Wednesday, the series will offer lectures year-round at noon on the second Wednesday of each month. Sessions are planned for Aug. 8, Sept. 12, Oct. 10 and Nov. […]
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 […]
By The Finney County Historical Museum Images and artifacts spanning a century of southwest Kansas agriculture are on display in a new exhibit in the Front Door Gallery at the Finney County Historical Museum. The display, “Helping Feed the World 100 Years,” marks the 100th anniversary of the Finney County […]
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 […]
The Finney County Historical Museum’s 2018 Evening at the Museum lecture series will continue Tuesday, March 20, in Garden City with a presentation by Henry “Hank” Avila, focusing on southwest Kansas families who trace their heritage to Mexico. Now in its fourth year, the series features a different presentation on […]
Finney County Historical Museum kicked off a new round of its Brown Bag Lunch program on Tuesday with a presentation by museum education coordinator Johnetta Hebrlee that focused on homesteading and settlement in Kansas and the southwest portion of the state. The annual series traditionally provides live presentations about history […]
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