In honor and memory of Greenwood Historical Society board member Becky Lindamood, who passed away May 22, 2024, the museum is displaying a collection of quilts made by Becky. These are being shared through the generosity of the Lindamood family and will be on display through the second week of July.
Becky was elected to the Historical Society board at the December board meeting in 2016. She began working with the clothing and quilt collections in January 2017, taking on the title of Quilt Chairperson. She began the “Quilt of the Month” display at the museum, making it possible for museum visitors to see and enjoy the many quilts in our collection. She also began the annual display of quilts for National Quilt Month every March.
Becky’s expertise and knowledge of quilts and fiber arts has been invaluable to the Historical Society staff and will be greatly missed.
The Greenwood County Historical Society is open Monday through Friday from 10 – 4. Come in to see the beauty of Becky’s work and to share your memories of her with us.
This photo was probably taken during the 1940’s and shows the Garvin Grocery and Wygle Service Station at the corner of 7th and Mulberry Streets in Eureka, KS
The station building is still at this location on 7th street. There is now a house trailer in the location of the previously occupied by the grocery store.
Volunteers at the Greenwood County Historical Society take on many different roles and jobs as they contribute to the work done to benefit the museum. Joyce Bills, the volunteer of the first quarter of 2024, has been a dedicated volunteer for many years. Bills has designed displays; recommended speakers to come and make presentations for the community; worked on family research for genealogical research requests and currently keeps our obituary files up-to-date. She is ready to answer the phone when needed and directs museum visitors to exhibits that will interest them. Another of her projects is keeping the indexing of the Eureka Herald newspaper going, which is a very large project and very important to the Historical Society.
Bills was presented her certificate on Tuesday, April 9th, by museum board President, Mike Pitko.
Volunteers are always welcome to come and share their time and expertise with the museum. Come in and see what opportunities are available. The Greenwood County Historical Society museum is open Monday – Friday from 10 – 4.
Made circa 1930 by the Upper Fall River Lutheran Ladies Aide Society.
30 families, couples and individual’s names.
The blocks are all pieced and use a combination of solid and patterned fabrics.
The handles of the baskets and names are embroidered in black thread.
The ½ square triangles are set on point with the pieced bottom of the basket in the lower half of the block and the embroidered name and handle in the upper half.
Yellow gold rectangular sashing measuring 9 ½’ x 3 ½” with 3-½” white cornerstones divide the basket blocks.
It is backed in white and bound in a lighter yellow fabric and is hand quilted.
Come into the museum to see this beautiful quilt as well as selections of quilts created by Becky Lindmood.
The museum is open from 10 - 4 Monday through Friday.
The Greenwood County Historical Society and Museum has benefitted through the years from the work of volunteers that have helped in many ways such as doing research and setting up displays. Society board member John Bills suggested at the February board meeting that recognition should be given to these loyal helpers of the Historical Society. The board voted to award certificates to volunteers beginning with a Volunteer of the Year for 2023 award and then recognizing volunteers each quarter of the coming years.
The museum board was very pleased to present Janet Williams of Fall River with the Volunteer of the Year 2023 certificate at the April 2nd board meeting.
Janet has worked with board member Becky Lindamood to inventory and photograph our quilt collection, accession a large collection of dolls that were donated to the museum, and to set up displays showcasing items used in the households of Greenwood County settlers.
Janet has shared her knowledge of quilting and needlework and this has helped museum workers to identify and describe items in our collection so that visitors can gain a better understanding of the work that has gone into many of these items in our collections.
The Greenwood County Historical Society Museum is open Monday – Friday from 10 – 4. Come in and enjoy the history of our county preserved by dedicated volunteers like Janet.
The Greenwood County Historical Society recently became a member of the SEK Museum Alliance and is now participating in the Passport Program.
The Passport shows locations, hours, and interesting information about collections for 49 museums in Southeast Kansas. Visitors are encouraged to come to the Greenwood County Historical Society Museum, explore our collection and then pick up a passport and get it stamped. Take your passport with you when you visit other museums in the Alliance and have their pages stamped as well.
The Greenwood County Historical Society is open Monday – Friday from 10 – 4. Come explore our history.
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