Callaway Heritage Day Showcases Rich History
Join us on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Callaway Heritage Day—an exciting celebration of Callaway County's history! Explore vintage tractors, cars, and trucks, indulge in delicious food from local vendors, and enjoy captivating historical displays. Don't miss the new Hit-and-Miss Engines class and a chance to capture memories at the vintage photo booth. Kids can participate in a fun scavenger hunt with cash prizes. Admission is free, but register your exhibition entries in advance. Visit us at the Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society to experience over 60 years of local history.
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Callaway Characters
The Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society is excited to announce its upcoming Annual Meeting on Sunday, April 16, 2023, and program titled “Callaway Characters.” The event will feature the stories of four fascinating characters, with one told through a narrative and three portrayed by performers.
Miss Willie, Hugh P. Williamson, Jesse James, and Eliza Harper Haycraft are the four individuals whose stories will be showcased at the event. Each of them has left a mark on the county’s history, contributing their own unique blend of mystery, dignity, adventure, scandal, flavor, and humor.
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Call for Entries! Our Slate Chalkboards: Remembering Callaway County’s Rural School Houses
Do you have a story to share about Callaway County rural schools? KCHS is compiling stories about Callaway’s rich history of its rural schools. Callaway County had 116 rural schools serving elementary students up until the mid-1950s. We want to hear about all of them!
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It’s October - Time to Archive Your Family’s History!
October is National Family History Month, and we are ready to help put your family’s history and photos into our permanent archives. The Research Center will scan your photos and other documents so family members 150 years from now can learn about their ancestors and see their pictures.
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John Board Century Farm Honored at Callaway Heritage Day
The 2022 Callaway Heritage Day Century Farm honored a farm, a man, a family, and a great heritage. Century Farm recognition began in 1976, and the John Board farm has reached two centuries in the same family, spanning five generations in the family.
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Callaway Heritage Day 2022
The Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society is hosting the first-ever Callaway Heritage Day on Saturday, August 27, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Callaway Electric Cooperative Grounds, 1313 Cooperative Drive, Fulton, MO. Tractors, cars and trucks will be on display and competing for prizes.
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The Importance of Preserving Gravestones
A class on cemetery preservation and tombstone cleaning was offered as part of the spring 2022 Lifelong Learning series. Two hours of classroom presentations with questions and answers were followed by hands-on time at Hillcrest Cemetery in Fulton for stone cleaning. We thought we should share some of the basic Dos and Don’ts for cemetery preservation. With the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, many people will visit cemeteries to honor and remember lost family and friends.
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New Learning Opportunity from Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society This Spring
How did quilting connect with the Underground Railroad? What was cooking like for people in Callaway County in the 1800s? Residents of Fulton and Callaway County interested in learning more about local history have a new opportunity from the Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society (KCHS) this spring. KCHS will offer three “Triple L (Lifelong Learning)” workshops from March through May 2022 on a variety of topics with local historical importance.
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