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The Story-Teller’s
CAMPAIGN
Lyon County Historical Society
A New Home for the Lyon County
Museum & Research Center
The Story-Teller
The Lyon County Historical Society, through its museum and research
center operations, combine to serve as the “story-teller” for Lyon
County. Programs and activities provide a wide range of educational
and entertainment opportunities for all age groups.
Telling our big story – and many smaller stories – serves to promote
and advance Lyon County and the communities within – Admire,
Allen, Americus, Emporia, Hartford, Miller, Neosho Rapids, Olpe and
Reading.
The Society’s mission focuses on helping our communities and citizens
understand and appreciate the past so that an ever, more vibrant and
dynamic future for Lyon County can be built by each generation.
Since 1937
Since 1937 the Lyon County Historical Society and its museum
operations have been at the forefront of recording, cataloging and
presenting the heritage of Lyon County - its communities, businesses,
events, landscape, and people.
Operating first in a small room in the basement of White Auditorium,
the Society moved to its present location in 1979. In 1996 the Research
Center was opened at 225 E. 6th Street.
246,000 artifacts and 78 years later, the Historical Society has
outgrown its facilities. Additional resources are needed if the
Historical Society is to keep safe its collection; and accept additional
artifacts. To properly catalog and maintain artifacts; and present them
in an educational and entertaining context, a new facility is required.
The Campaign
THE STORY TELLER’S CAMPAIGN has helped secure the facility at
709 Commercial to be the new home of the museum and research
center. The Campaign is helping to secure charitable gifts to renovate it
as the new Lyon County History Center.
The facility and location of the new History Center provides exciting
new opportunities for the people of Lyon County to be engaged in the
heritage of the Twin Rivers region.
Did You Know?
William Allen White was one of many Lyon County residents who lead
the charge in establishing the Lyon County Historical Society in 1937.
He was joined by L. H. Ames, Mrs. R. D. Carpenter, William L.
Huggins, Catherine H. Jones, John Langley, Richard Langley, Mrs.
Robert Lumley, Mrs. J. C. McKinney, Park L. Morse, Clarence Paine,
Tom Price, E. C. Ryan, Mrs. William Sheets, Mrs. Alice Evans Snyder,
Ben Talbot, Harry A. Wayman, and J. J. Wingfield in chartering this
nonprofit organization.
LCHS Upcoming Event
Join us on Sunday, May 17 at 2:00 PM to discover the stories of Civil
War soldiers buried in Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery.
Meet us at the Lincoln Street entrance. The Boys In Blue Cemetery
Tour is open to the public and FREE of charge.
Find Us
Lyon County Historical Society  Lyon County History Center
118 East 6th Ave.  Emporia, Kansas 66801
Phone: 620-340-6310  E-Mail: lycomu@osprey.net
Online: Lyoncountyhistoricalsociety.org
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