Allen Co Museum

Clyde Toland's new book on the Major General is now available at the museum store!! instagram.com/p/CcBBqTmrHvh/…

Winter 2022 Gaslights are being printed now! Look for your in the mail soon! @ Allen County Historical Society, Inc. instagram.com/p/CZxelAMrBSL/…

Abraham Lincoln. Feb 20th at 8/7c on The History Channel fb.watch/aGv-PnbLyB/ via @FacebookWatch Real History on the History Channel! Looking forward to it!

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Carlyle post office open in 1859 and would be active until it's closing in 1986. The "cage" would be donated to the historical society where it remains today. #postalhistory @ Allen County Historical Society, Inc. instagram.com/p/CREZoYuM4kI/…

Not too young to know about our past. 1951 flood happen 70 years ago and is still regarded as the greatest flood in our history. #floodedhistory #1951flood @ Allen County Historical Society, Inc. instagram.com/p/CRB8XMdAOtr/…

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KS Lions Club marching band 1964 Toronto Canada parade @ Iola, Kansas instagram.com/p/CPY6C7Sp-tT/…

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Two of our three stickers! Both of these are nods to our Iola's LeHigh Portland Trails. Our "Our Square is BIGGER than Yours" sticker is available to purchase here at the museum along with these two.

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SEK Museum Alliance has their 2021 Passport out! Come pick up yours today here at the Allen Co. Museum.

Do not forget that the Allen County: Trails to Rails to Highways and Back exhibit at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center will be up until the end of this year! You can visit during the regular operating hours of the Bowlus Center

If your sheet is all correct, it will be entered into a drawing for some great prizes!

A free scavenger hunt here in Allen County! All you have to do is fill out the blanks to each photo with the correct address, intersection or structure name and turn it in by the end of the month!

iolaregister.com/news/local-new… The Smithsonian Crossroads: Change in Rural America will be a must see!

UPDATE: The Allen County Historical Society, Inc. will be closed to the public until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will still continue to field research requests via email, social media, or by phone 620-365-3051 Email: achsdirector@outlook.com.

Do not forget that we have our new Prohibition exhibit up in the south window! 100 years ago the 18th Amendment went into effect.

@IkeLibrary @OurPresidents @USNatArchives I wish Gen. Funston lived to see what Ike became. He would have been proud of his fellow Kansan

#OTD 1961, Ike delivered his famous farewell address (best known for the "military industrial complex" phrase. DDE's speech was actually several years in the making. See the documents and hear Ike deliver the address here: eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/onlin… @OurPresidents @USNatArchives

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