You may have seen news announcements recently about the Finney County Historical Museum’s selection to host “Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy,” a traveling exhibit planned next year from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
History enthusiasts gathered at Valley View Cemetery twice nightly on Oct. 9, 10 and 11 for the Finney County Historical Society’s annual Cemetery Walking Tours.
The Finney County Historical Society’s annual picnic in Garden City will feature a presentation called “The Perfect Storm: Remembering the Dust Bowl and Why it Matters,” by Jay Antle, a Humanities Kansas speaker and history professor at Johnson County Community College, Overland Park.
The History at High Noon and Evening at the Museum lecture series is resuming at the Finney County Historical Museum in Garden City with a pair of programs about mysteries along a nearby segment of the Santa Fe Trail.
The past comes alive every autumn through the Finney County Historical Society, and that’s happening once again – several times, actually – in the season just ahead.
We’re working through a busy summer here at the Finney County Historical Museum, during an equally busy year, as we strive to keep local and area history alive for the people and communities of Finney County and southwest Kansas.
One of the interesting stories from the earliest years of Garden City involves an incident in the summer of 1885, when rumors arrived that the famed Bedonkohe Apache leader Geronimo might be leading a gathering of native warriors toward the community.
The Jesse and Cora Smith family were the recipients of the Finney County Historical Society’s 2025 Pioneer award.
Kansas water issues, particularly those relating to irrigation ditches, was the topic of the Finney County Historical Museum’s Evening at the Museum event on Tuesday.
Our primary purpose at the Finney County Historical Society involves preservation of the past, in order to enlighten the present and the future. One of many important aspects in that endeavor involves the FCHS annual meeting and banquet, because the highlight of the gathering involves a presentation in the Finney County Pioneer awards program.