The digitized photos and manuscripts of Alma photographer Louis Palenske have been included in the Kansas State Historical Society’s digital archives and presented on their website, Kansasmemory.org. The collection represents 390 new items […]
The Sharps rifle was invented by Christian Sharps who obtained a patent for a new design of a breech-loading rifle. Sharps, born in Washington, New Jersey worked as an apprentice to a […]
Visitors to the Wabaunsee County Historical Society Museum in Alma, Kansas enjoy seeing this 1923 Reo Fire Truck on display in the museum annex building. The truck was built by the Reo […]
These two circus posters for Moon Bros. Circus, circa 1924, are preserved in the Wabaunsee County Historical Society archives. The Moon Bros. Circus performed across the Midwest and South during the 1920s. […]
Freedom’s Frontier: Stories from the Western Border is a new exhibition of photographs, maps and images introducing the public to the Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area and how the Wabaunsee County region’s […]
Greg Hoots, of the Wabaunsee County Historical Society has completed work on his grant project, Preserving Memories: Digitizing History, which digitizes over 400 photographs and manuscripts belonging to Alma photographer and businessman, […]
The Wabaunsee County Historical Society Museum recently installed a new exhibit in their upper gallery, titled, Wabaunsee County On the Map. The exhibit features seven historic maps of Kansas and Wabaunsee County […]
The Wabaunsee County Historical Society quilting ladies will celebrate their 20th year of quilting at the museum in Alma in 2017. Two days a week the quilting ladies gather at the museum […]
