Quilt Exhibit

The Santa Fe Trail Center presents:

Patchwork Pawnee: Our Community in Quilts

Larned, KS: Nothing seems to evoke the pioneer prairie home quite like a large, brightly patterned quilt.  Patchwork Pawnee: Our Community in Quilts opens on June 4^th at the Santa Fe Trail Center in Larned, KS.  The exhibit contains over 20 quilts donated from around the Larned community and Pawnee County specifically for this exhibit. 

Each quilt’s personal and distinct story will be told in the exhibit.  Besides the history and stories behind the quilts, quilt patterns will also be explained to show how specific patterns tell different stories and have unique meanings.

Patchwork Pawnee will be on display in the auditorium at the Santa Fe Trail Center through the end of June.

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The Santa Fe Trail Center is a unique educational institution devoted to the interpretation of the historic transportation route known as the Santa Fe Trail. The Santa Fe Trail Center is located 2 miles west of Larned on Hwy K-156. The museum is now observing its summer hours and is open 7 days a week 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.  Admission is $4.00 for adults, $2.50 for students (with ID), $1.50 for children 6-11, and free for children 5 years and younger. The Santa Fe Trail Center is an American Association of Museums accredited institution. The museum is a not-for-profit organization, privately owned and operated by the Fort Larned Historical Society. For more information regarding this exhibit, the museum, or how to become a Fort Larned Historical Society member call 620-285-2054 or visit our website at www.santafetrailcenter.org.

Rendezvous 2012

RENDEZVOUS 2012 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday, September 20

            8:00 a.m.            -            SFTA Board Meeting at SFTC (open to the public)

            2:00 – 6:00 p.m.            -            Rendezvous Registration at Santa Fe Trail Center

            5:30 p.m.            -            Opening Event at SFTC:  Dedication of Kaw marker,

                                                dinner, and program

                                                Speaker: Lonnie Burnett, Kaw Tribal Council Member

                                                Topic: “Kaw Nation and the Santa Fe Trail”

                                   

Friday, September 21

            7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.            -            Registration at Larned Community Center

            8:00 – 8:15 a.m.            -            Welcome and Introductions at the Larned Community Center

            8:15 – 8:30 a.m.            -            Introduction to Theme – Dr. Joyce Thierer

            8:30 – 9:15 a.m.            -            Speaker:  Allan Wheeler

                                    Topic:  “ The Life of William Becknell-Founder of the Santa Fe Trail”

                                                (1^st Person Portrayal)

            9:15 – 10:00 a.m.            -            Speaker:  Dr. Ann Birney

                                    Topic:  Julia Archibald Holmes (1^st Person Portrayal)                                    10:00 – 10:30 a.m.            -            Coffee Break

            10:30 – 11:15 a.m.            -            Speaker:  Dr. David A. Sandoval

                                    Topic:  “Pedro Sandoval, In Defense of the Empire”

                                                (1^st Person Portrayal)

            11:15 – 11:45 a.m.            -            Panel Session with the three morning speakers

                                                – Dr. Joyce Thierer, Facilitator

            11:45 – 1:15 p.m.            -             Lunch at Community Center and SFTA Membership Meeting

            1:15 p.m.            -             Depart for “On the Road” Presentations

            1:45 – 5:15 p.m.            -            Rendezvous 2012 continues at Pawnee Rock State Historic Site

                                                Speaker:  Steve Brosemer

                                                Topic:   Frederick Hawn, Deputy Surveyor for the

                                                             General Land Office (1^st Person Portrayal)

                                                Speaker:  John Carson

                                                Topic:  Kit Carson (1^st Person Portrayal)

                                                Speaker:  Inez Ross

                                                Topic:  Marion Sloan Russell (1^st Person Portrayal)

                                                Refreshment Break – Portable Restrooms Available

            5:15 p.m.            -             Return to Larned Community Center

            6:30 p.m.            -            Dinner, Program and SFTA Hall of Fame Inductions and

                                                SFTA Awards at Community Center

                                    Speaker:  Gary L. Hicks

                                    Topic:  Alexander Majors (1^st Person Portrayal)

                        There will be SFT era characters at the dinner dressed in period costume. 

                        They will be seated among the audience.  Those not already inducted into

                        the SFT Hall of Fame will be inducted that evening.

Saturday, September 22

            7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.            -             Registration at Larned Community Center

            8:00 – 8:15 a.m.            -            Welcome and Introductions at the Larned Community Center

            8:15 – 9:00 a.m.            -            Speaker:  Dr. Hal Jackson

                                    Topic:  “James Kirker: Hero and Villian”

            9:00 – 9:45 a.m.            -            Speaker:  Dorothy Smoker

                                    Topic:  “Luz, The Land and Those Who Crossed It”

                                     (1^st Person Portrayal of Maria de la Luz Beaubien Maxwell)

            9:45 – 10:15 a.m.            -            Coffee Break

            10:15 – 11:00 a.m.            -            Speaker:  Mark Berry

                                    Topic:  Wild Bill Hickok (1^st Person Portrayal)

            11:00 – 11:30 a.m.            -            Panel session with three morning speakers

–      Dr. Joyce Thierer, Facilitator

            11:30                        Depart for lunch at Fort Larned National Historic Site

            11:45 – 12:45 p.m.            -            Lunch at Fort Larned NHS

            1:00 p.m.             -            Depart from Fort Larned NHS for “On the Road” Presentations

            1:45 p.m.            -            Rendezvous continues at Cheyenne & Sioux Indian Village Site

                                                Speaker:  Dr. Leo Oliva

                                                Topic:  “The Hancock Expedition of 1867 and the Cheyenne and

                                                             Sioux Village on Pawnee Fork”

                                                Speaker:  Louis Kraft

                                                Topic:  “Ned Wynkoop’s Fight to Save the Cheyenne-Lakota

                                                            Village on the Pawnee Fork”

                                    Refreshment Break – Portable Restrooms Available

            4:00 p.m.            -             Depart for Fort Larned NHS

                                    Enjoy the rest of your afternoon at Fort Larned NHS

            6:00 p.m.            -            Retreat Ceremony – Fort Larned NHS

            6:15 p.m.            -            Dinner and Program in Quartermaster Storehouse

                                    Speaker:  Dr. Durwood Ball

                                    Topic:  Edwin Vose Sumner, Frontier Army Officer

Christmas Open House

Christmas Open House

Santa Fe Trail Center Museum

Larned, Kansas

Display of Angels
&
Free refreshments

December 10, 2011
10a.m. to 4p.m.

Adults - $2.00
Students ages 12 to 18 - $1.50
Children ages 6 to 11 - $0.75
 Fort Larned Historical Society members – Free.

From Trails to War

“From Trails to War”
November 20, 2011
2:00p.m.

Join us as Ron Smith, Larned author and historian, explores the affects of the Civil War on the Santa Fe Trail and Western Commerce.

Admission is ½ price, free for members. The Santa Fe Trail Center is located 2 miles west of Larned on Hwy K-156. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from  9 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information regarding this program, the museum, or how to become a Fort Larned Historical Society member call 620-285-2054 or visit our website at www.santafetrailcenter.org.

"Orphan Trains in Kansas" at the Annual Meeting

NEWS RELEASE

Santa Fe Trail Center
1349 K-156 Hwy
Larned, KS 67550
620-285-2054

Release Date: Immediate
Date: November 3, 2011

Presentation Explores Orphan Trains in Kansas

Larned, KS – The Fort Larned Historical Society will host their Annual Meeting with a program, Orphan Trains in Kansas, a presentation and discussion by Marilyn J. Holt on Monday, November 14  at 7:00p.m. at the Santa Fe Trail Center Museum and Library. Members of the community are invited to attend the free program. Contact the Santa Fe Trail Center at 620-285-2054 for more information. The program is made possible by the Kansas Humanities Council.

     The “orphan trains” brought poor children from the eastern cities to rural Kansas from 1867 until the 1920s. Holt will share firsthand accounts of orphan train riders that challenge the picture of childhood in the “good old days.”

     Marilyn J. Holt is an independent historian who consults on Kansas history. Her publications include books on the orphan trains, rural women, Kansas teenagers, Indian orphanages, and children in the American West.

     Orphan Trains in Kansas is part of the Kansas Humanities Council’s Kansas 150 Speakers Bureau commemorating the Kansas sesquicentennial. The special edition Speakers Bureau features presentations and discussions about Kansas and what it means to be a Kansan over time and across generations.

     The Kansas Humanities Council conducts and supports community-based programs, serves as a financial resource through an active grant-making program, and encourages Kansans to participate in their communities. For more information about KHC programs contact the Kansas Humanities Council at 785-357-0359 or visit online at www.kansashumanities.org.

     For more information about the program Orphan Trains in Kansas contact the Santa Fe Trail Center, Larned, KS  at 620-285-2054 or visit www.santafetrailcenter.org.

New Log Cabin Completed

 Work has finished on the new log cabin at the Santa Fe Trail Center. View pictures of the process at:

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Tired Iron Show – Rain Day

NEWS RELEASE

Santa Fe Trail Center
1349 K-156 Hwy
Larned, KS 67550
620-285-2054

Release Date: Immediate
Date: October 11, 2011

The Santa Fe Trail Center presents:

Tired Iron Show – Rain Day

     The Santa Fe Trail Center, Larned, continued their tradition of bringing a little rain with our annual Tired Iron Show. The museum staff hopes you enjoyed the rain and came out for the fun anyhow. In case you missed your favorite events this year, the Trail Center is hosting a Tired Iron Show rain day!

     Friday, October 21, the museum is hosting free demonstrations. Saw milling begins at 9 a.m. and will continue throughout the day. The logs are being used to construct a log cabin on the museum’s grounds to help us more fully interpret the history of life on the frontier. The Kids Corn Coin Hunt will begin at 12:30 p.m. so bring your tot or tyke our to try their luck. Wheat threshing and corn shelling demonstrations will be happening at 1:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. respectively. 

     The Santa Fe Trail Center is located 2 miles west of Larned on Hwy K-156. Operating hours are Tuesday through Sunday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., closed Mondays from Labor Day to Memorial Day. For more information regarding this event, the museum, or how to become a Fort Larned Historical Society member call 620-285-2054 or visit our website at www.santafetrailcenter.org.