Clay County Historical Society Museum Events

All Events Begin  at 7:00-pm   at the Museum   unless otherwise noted

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May 16, 2024

“The Undercover Story”

Presented by Jean Warren

 

June 20, 2024

“Everybody Has Heard of Jesse James, But Who Has Heard About Frank?”

Presented by Greg Higginbotthem

 

July 18th, 2024 at 7:00-pm

“Terrors and Trials: Henry and Lucy Fike’s Civil War”

Presented by Dr. Jeremy Neely from the Missouri Humanities
A Joint Presentation with Civil War Roundtable

To be held at the Withers Mid-Continent Public Library 

1665 S Withers Rd, Liberty, MO 64068

Withers | Mid-Continent Public Library (mymcpl.org)

 

August 15, 2024

“The Liberty Arsenal” 

Presented by Chris Harris

 

September 19, 2024

“Amazing Clay County History”

Presented by Tony Meyers

 

October 17, 2024

“The Odd Fellows and the Odd Fellows’ Home” 

Presented by Jesse Leimkuehler

 

November 21, 2024 at 7:00-pm

“William C. Quantrill, The Father of Post-Civil War Missouri Banditry”

Presented by Dr. Loftin C. Woodiel from the Missouri Humanities
A Joint Presentation with Civil War Roundtable

To be held at the Withers Mid-Continent Public Library 

1665 S Withers Rd, Liberty, MO 64068

Withers | Mid-Continent Public Library (mymcpl.org)

 

Pat Gradwohl – Chairperson for the Museum’s Third-Thursday Programs

 

 

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Past Events

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April 18, 2024

 

March 21, 2024  

“Who was Johnny Ringo and What Connection Does He Have to Clay County?”

Presented by Dennis Garstang

 

February 16th-29th, 2024 – During Normal Museum Hours

“Buy TWO BOOKS” for just $1.00 — All proceeds are a Donation to the Museum

January 27, 2024 ◄  from 2:00 – 4:00-pm – Open House at the Museum

 

January 11, 2024 ◄ Beginning at  6:30-pm  at the

Woodneath Mid-Continent Public Library Auditorium 

8900 NE Flintlock Rd, Kansas City, Missouri 64157

Woodneath Library Center | Mid-Continent Public Library (mymcpl.org)

The Salus Populi Pension Project

United States Colored Troops of Clay County, Missouri

presented by Riley Sutherland and Michelle Cook

Home | Salus Populi Project

 

December 9, 2023 ◄ from  10am until 2pm  at the  

Shoal Creek Living History Museum –  19th Century Christmas

7000 NE Barry Rd – Kansas City, Missouri 64156

 

November 17, 2023  ► Friday ◄

 

 

November 11, 2023  ► Saturday ◄ at 10:00AM [ on Veterans Day ]

This is a Joint program with our Museum and the Clay County African American Legacy, Inc.
To be held at the Garrison “School” Center – 502 N. Water Street

 

Air Force Veteran Shelton Ponder will be on site to help guide tours

Click this link for more information on the Garrison School CCAAL  CCAAL (ccaal-garrisonschool.org)

Click this link for more information on Veterans Day  Veterans Day from Wikipedia

 

October 19, 2023 

The Annual Museum Fundraiser – “Trivia Night”

Hosted by Miss Missouri 2005 – Stacie Cooley 

Special Guest Appearance by MISS MISSOURI 2023 – Hayley Leach 
before she heads off to compete for MISS AMERICA 2024

at the Belvoir Winery – (from 6-pm  until 8:30-pm) 

Liberty Tourism, MO | Official Website (visitlibertymo.com)

 

Here are SOME of the SILENT AUCTION ITEMS

Patrick Mahomes Bobblehead

KC CHIEFS FANS Parking and Hats

KC ROYALS FANS Parking and Stocking-Hat – Coozie – Royals Clubhouse Sign

3′ x 5′ Official MU Deluxe Fan Flag and “Truman the Tiger” mascot

Este Ceramiche Porcellane

Tiffany & Company – Hand-Painted Fine Italian Porcellane Plate

 

September 28, 2023

“Such A Woman, The Life of Madame Octavia Walton LeVert” by Paula Lenor Webb.  

 

Madame LeVert was an author as well as hostess to famous politicians prior to and throughout the Civil War.

VisitLibertyMO.com

 

 

 

 

September 22 & 23, 2023 – as Part of the “Liberty Fall Festival“

Friday  22 – (1-4pm)  and   Saturday  23 – (10am-4pm) 

“Flea Market of History”

Inside the Museum – Where it Never RAINS!

September 21, 2023

Tony Meyers, historian, and president of the Clay County Archives will present a program on the Battle of Liberty/Blue Mills Landing.  The action at Blue Mills Landing, also known as the Battle of Liberty, was a battle of the American Civil War that took place on September 17, 1861, in Clay County, Missouri.  Union forces unsuccessfully attempted to prevent pro-Southern Missouri State Guards from northwestern Missouri from crossing the Missouri River near the confluence with the Blue River to reinforce Sterling Price at Lexington. 

DVDs on the battle are also sold at the Museum.

 

August 17, 2023

Historian, Kathleen Bird, author of “The History of Smithville Missouri 1800-1899” will present this program.  She is also the author of the historical mystery, “Two Shots by a Stranger”.

 

 

 

August 10, 2023

  a Special Added Event  Thursday August 10th  at the Belvoir Winery

NOTE!  the  Special Times  and  Admission Fee  $15 

“Come Meet Harry!”  –  a Harry S. Truman Tribute

Liberty Tourism, MO | Official Website (visitlibertymo.com)

Belvoir Winery 

 

The July 20, 2023

Historian, Dr. William Garrett Piston, author of  “Reaping the Whirlwind: The Guerrilla Conflict in Civil War Missouri” Presented at  7-pm  at the Withers Branch of the Midcontinent Public Library  in conjunction with “Civil War Roundtable of NW Missouri” and the “Clay County Museum”

 

Sunday June 4, 2023

Museum PICNIC

 

The June 15, 2023

The May 18, 2023

“The Lincoln Family in Clay County“.  Local historian and Lincoln researcher Chris Harris will present an updated talk on the four Lincoln brothers who came to Clay County from Fayette County, Kentucky 200 years ago; Abraham, George B, John T. and David.   From these four brothers, thirty-three children carried on their lineage and farmed just over a combined 1,550 acres in and around Liberty, Missouri.  Who was this family?  How did this family impact Clay County?  Are they related to President Abraham Lincoln?  Come to our May Third-Thursday program and learn more about this pioneering family of Clay County.

 

The April 20, 2023

Presented by Jana Jessee Becker.  This program’s topic covers the “World War II Liberty POW camp” as well as camps located in other parts of Missouri.  In existence from 1942 to 1945, the Liberty Camp housed Italian and German prisoners of war, including soldiers from German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel’s elite Duetsches Afrika Korps.  Daily life, work assignments, meals, clothing, housing, and personal stories are just some of the topics that will be covered.

 

The March 16, 2022 

“Clay County Family Connections, 1820s-1850s” and is presented by Chery Carr Holtman, the museum’s curator. It will explore the similarities between the presenter’s 2nd great-grandparents and includes individuals from the Neal, Gittings, Robertson, Pence, Routt and Adkins families. The pre-Civil War era was one of peace and prosperity in Liberty and these families emigrated from the east to share in the new state and county. While having various backgrounds they share common experiences, as well as their own unique ones.

 

October 20, 2022

Our Big Fundraiser Event “Trivia Night & Silent Auction” was at the Belvoir Winery

What a Fun and Successful Fundraiser Event it was!

Thank You!  Miss Missouri 2022:  Miss Clare Marie Kuebler
for appearing October 20th at our Trivia Night Auction