The Story-Teller’s CAMPAIGN Lyon County Historical Society A New Home for the Lyon County Museum & Research Center Lyon County Historical Society 78th Anniversary Over the years, the optimistic spirit of area residents has led to the creation of significant cultural and entertainment spectacles in our region. We celebrate several of them in the coming weeks. In 1937 Kansas and Lyon County were fighting its way through the Great Depression and Dust Bowl – historic economic and environmental disasters. Even with those heartaches and daily challenges, optimism about the future never waned. A representative from each township in Lyon County and each ward in Emporia was recruited in 1937 and together they charted the Lyon County Historical Society. The needs of daily life dominated their work, but they made time and devoted their energies to helping our communities and citizens understand and appreciate the past so that an ever, more vibrant and dynamic future could be built by each succeeding generation. The Flint Hills Rodeo was also founded in 1937 and reflects the optimism of those battling the everyday challenges of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. The three-day event in Strong City has witnessed a number of national rodeo records, some which still stand to this day. The Flint Hills Rodeo 78th Anniversary The event also reflects the cattle and rich ranging culture of the Flint Hills. Old timers can still tell stories of the Broadview Hotel serving as a “board of trade” for cattle buyers and sellers. Be part of history and experience the 2015 Flint Hills Rodeo. Learn more at www.flinthillsrodeo.com. The Dirty Kanza 200 10th Anniversary Photo courtesy of www.fhwa.dot.gov Who knew when the Granada Theatre and Emporia Arts Center were renovated and built they would be the starting line and finish line for this incredible spectacle. Be at the start line at 6:00 Saturday morning May 30 and witness over 1,500 cyclists departing downtown Emporia on a biking odyssey. Return to the finish line later that afternoon and welcome the returning cyclists as they celebrate their successful completion of this uniquely Emporia and Flint Hills event. Named by an Italian cycling magazine as one of the ten required races on the planet for any serious cyclist, the Dirty Kanza 200 is a remarkable experience for participants and spectators. Learn more at www.dirtykanza200.com. Photos courtesy of J. Greg Jordan The majesty and beauty of the Flint Hills are center stage for this incredible spectacle. Its founders wanted to use symphonic music and the Flint Hills to draw visitors into the Tallgrass Prairie to share its story – its ecology, its beauty and its history. The Symphony in the Flint Hills 10th Anniversary Ten years later more than 7,000 people from almost every state in the union and many counties gather in the Flint Hills for a truly remarkable experience learning about the prairie and all of us who call the Flint Hills home. This year the Symphony returns to the site of its very first concert, the National Tallgrass Prairie Preserve north of Strong City on Highway K-177. Visit www.symphonyintheflinthills.org to learn more. Photo courtesy of www.symphonyintheflinthills.org Find Us Lyon County Historical Society Lyon County History Center 118 East 6th Ave. Emporia, Kansas 66801 Phone: 620-340-6310 E-Mail: [email protected] Online: Lyoncountyhistoricalsociety.org
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