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FRANKLIN —
Agriculture is the focus of the July exhibit at the Miner’s Hall Museum, Franklin, and items on display range from the earliest implements used by settlers to tame the prairie to a working model hay press.
It is the latest in a series of monthly exhibits leading up to the arrival of “The Way We Worked,” a Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit scheduled in May 2013 at the museum. All the local exhibits pertain to some profession, business or trade in southeast Kansas.
The Girard High School FFA officer team and chapter advisors Alan Boultinghouse and Joe Curran set up the exhibit Monday.
“Our advisors asked if we wanted to do this, and we decided it would be a good idea,” said Anissa Zagonel. “We gave each person an area to cover.”
“We tried to get all aspects of agriculture, including education,” added Bethany Schifferdecker. “We’ve got some of our plaques here.”
Several students also brought old family photos for the display, and Zagonel’s grandfather, Carl Fisher, provided a wealth of information.
“He was our contact for a lot of people who brought items in,” Curran said.
Among those other exhibits are a one/third scale hay press built by Jason Han, a quarter-sale model of a miniature case steam engine built by the late Allen Smith and a miniature John Deere tractor built and owned by Karl McColm, rural McCune.
Probably the oldest piece in the show is an old walking plow.
“We got it from Carl Fisher,” Curran said. “We wanted to show the breaking of the prairie sod.”
Also on view is the 1941 charter for the Girard FFA. Carl Fisher is one of those on the charter.
Other Girard FFA members working on the exhibit were Austin Egbert, Haley DeGarmo, Briston Kapler and Kenzie Curran.
Phyllis Bitner, a museum board member, said that the facility has been averaging about 700 visitors per month.
“We’re hoping that, with the Four State Farm Show this month, we may draw in even more visitors,” she said. “We’ll be sure the exhibit is publicized at the farm show.”
Wrapping up the exhibit will be an antique tractor show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 28 on the museum grounds. Girard FFA members will cook hot dogs and also serve iced tea and bottled water.
The Miner’s Hall Museum is open free to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Agriculture is the focus of the July exhibit at the Miner’s Hall Museum, Franklin, and items on display range from the earliest implements used by settlers to tame the prairie to a working model hay press.
It is the latest in a series of monthly exhibits leading up to the arrival of “The Way We Worked,” a Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit scheduled in May 2013 at the museum. All the local exhibits pertain to some profession, business or trade in southeast Kansas.
The Girard High School FFA officer team and chapter advisors Alan Boultinghouse and Joe Curran set up the exhibit Monday.
“Our advisors asked if we wanted to do this, and we decided it would be a good idea,” said Anissa Zagonel. “We gave each person an area to cover.”
“We tried to get all aspects of agriculture, including education,” added Bethany Schifferdecker. “We’ve got some of our plaques here.”
Several students also brought old family photos for the display, and Zagonel’s grandfather, Carl Fisher, provided a wealth of information.
“He was our contact for a lot of people who brought items in,” Curran said.
Among those other exhibits are a one/third scale hay press built by Jason Han, a quarter-sale model of a miniature case steam engine built by the late Allen Smith and a miniature John Deere tractor built and owned by Karl McColm, rural McCune.
Probably the oldest piece in the show is an old walking plow.
“We got it from Carl Fisher,” Curran said. “We wanted to show the breaking of the prairie sod.”
Also on view is the 1941 charter for the Girard FFA. Carl Fisher is one of those on the charter.
Other Girard FFA members working on the exhibit were Austin Egbert, Haley DeGarmo, Briston Kapler and Kenzie Curran.
Phyllis Bitner, a museum board member, said that the facility has been averaging about 700 visitors per month.
“We’re hoping that, with the Four State Farm Show this month, we may draw in even more visitors,” she said. “We’ll be sure the exhibit is publicized at the farm show.”
Wrapping up the exhibit will be an antique tractor show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 28 on the museum grounds. Girard FFA members will cook hot dogs and also serve iced tea and bottled water.
The Miner’s Hall Museum is open free to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
