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LATAH COUNTY AGE OF RAILS

Our 2009 exhibit will give us a ride on the rails in three separate ways and featured June, 2009 thru October, 2009

  • The WIM (Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway) will travel through communities from Palouse to following the rail line.
  • An exhibit at the McConnell Mansion will focus on the railroad history of Moscow.
  • Latah County Rails will also travel through county communities highlighting the bygone years of railroading in the area.
Also included in our exhibits this year will be a selection of quilts from our collections that will be showcased at the McConnell Mansion. These will be featured from June through October as well.

For More Information, Contact The Historical Society

Latah County Historical Society
2009 Calendar of Events

May 9th
Victorian tea
McConnell Mansion
1:30 PM

May 16th

"Practical Solutions for Small Budgets and Hard Times”

 The Latah County Historical Society

Is hosting a workshop presented by

The Idaho Association of Museums

On Saturday, May 16th

8:00 A.M. until 4:30 P.M.

At the 1912 Center

Moscow, ID

Presenters will be

Fredrick Walters

Idaho Historic Trust primary provider of technical assistance for historic properties.

Diana Hobart Dicus

Provides conservation advice to Idaho Heritage Trust Grantees

For more information please call Ann Catt, 208-882-1004 or e-mail  acatt@latah.id.us

Funding for this workshop is provided by

The Idaho Heritage Trust

June through October
Age of Rails Exhibit
Moving Through Our Latah County Communities

July 26th
Annual Ice Cream Social
McConnell Mansion
1 to 4 PM

November 8th
Harvest Dinner and Silent Auction
Moscow Junior High School Field House
11:00 to 2:00 PM

December 12th
A 1950’s Christmas
McConnell Mansion
1 to 4 pm

For information about the events or resources available through the Latah county Historical Society, please call 208-882-1004 or e-mail acatt@latah.id.us.

We look forward to hearing from you.

We welcome request for group tours of the McConnell Mansion Museum.

News

May 1, 2009                                                                 

 

            Enclosed with our letter this month are two calendars.  One is for May, the other for June.  We are hoping this makes it lot more convenient for you all. 

Jodi and Cathy are doing a fantastic job!  Thank you all for helping them fill the calendar.  If you see a day you could fill for us, please do.  It makes my day to look at the calendar in the morning and see that I have a docent for the day!!

            So what would I do if it weren’t for my volunteers.  Cry a lot, believe me. The events committee has made preparations for a tea for “The Red Hats” on May 2nd as well as a silver book signing tea the same day.  The book is “B Street and Beyond”.  Some of the authors of this fun little memoir are coming to town for a reunion at the U of I.  We sell it in our museum gift shop. 

            The events committee is also working on our Victorian Tea to be held May 9th.  Tables and chairs have been rounded up, as well as linens, china, and all manner of “tea stuff”.  It was a very fun event last year, and we see no reason for it not to be even more fun this year!  The Tea is from 2:00 until 4:00 P.M. on Saturday, May 9, at the Mansion.  The price is $15.00 per guest or a table of four for $50.00.  It includes courses of sandwiches, breads, cookies, and sweets served with the tea.  We have been encouraging guests to wear costumes, pearls, hats, and gloves.  We have put in an exhibit of quilts into the green room (THANK YOU, Alice DeShazer, Gary Grove, and Mari Wetter.)  Karen Hagen has graciously loaned us a quilt she made of a locomotive to be the “centerpiece” of that little exhibit.  All the others are from our collection.  Some of the hats from our collection are being shown in the two exhibit cases in the children’s bedroom.  We have some swell stuff. 

            The events committee is also working on the Idaho Association of Museums workshop.  The takes place on Saturday, May 16th from 8:00 A.M. until 4:30 P.M.  the workshop will cover “Practical Solutions for Small Budgets and Hard Times”.  Fred Walters talking about historic properties and Diana Hobart Dicus speaking about conservation will be the presenters.  It is an honor for us to be hosting this year’s workshop conference.  It is a change from past years in that in the past there has been one statewide meeting. This year there are three workshops around the state.  One is held in Idaho Falls, another in Payette, and ours here in Moscow.  There will be a tour of our facilities during the meeting.  We are excited to show off our work in the basement.  It has come a long way.  There we go again..volunteers… Harriot and Lynne McCreight still going and Jean keeping them in line.  Barb Coyner has been doing some work on textiles.  Cathy Willmes has done some work on the card cataloge.  It is always fun to meet with the other museums and historical societies in the state and compare notes.

            Guess what?  May 1st we begin staying open until 5 PM.   If you have a scheduling issue, just let us know.  We are flexible. 

 

 

 

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