A panel of Halloween and Thanksgiving postcards and historic facts is on display now through November at the Burrows House Museum of the Lincoln County Historical Society. Halloween probably originated with the Celts who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France. They celebrated their new year » Read More
“Aunt Iva’s Quilt,” pieced by Iva Wiggins Mills prior to 1950 and quilted in 2005-2006 by Evelyn DePaolo of South Beach and Sherwood, Oregon is on display now at the Log Cabin Museum of the Lincoln County Historical Society. Mills, from Iola, Kansas, gave the quilt to DePaolo’s mother’s twin sister who then gave it » Read More
Two rare model horses hand-carved by Fanny Branson (1881-1965) recently were donated to the Lincoln County Historical Society by Patti and Judy Bateman of Newport. The horses have been owned by the Bateman family for decades. They were given to Patti Bateman by her grandfather Robert Bateman. The models join others in the collection of » Read More
“Christmas Rose-Stars,” a quilt by Jean Amundson, is on display now through January at the Log Cabin Museum of the Lincoln County Historical Society. The quilt was started in 2000 at a workshop by noted quilter Arlene Stamper. It was finished in 2003. Amundson used her home machine to do the quilting on the all-cotton » Read More