LASR.net Homepage




Menu

Osage County Historical Society Museum


category : Museums
Osage County Historical Society Museum The Lyndon Museum and Research Center offers an interesting collection of artifacts and records that give insights into the early days of the county and its citizens.


Among the special collections and research materials available at the Center are the Mokohoko and Keokuk stories of the Sac and Fox Indians that inhabited the area along with the Annals of Lyndon, Burlingame and Ridgeway, a history of Osage City and Osage County, and stories of the Santa Fe Trail, plus local history and the pioneers.


The Center is a research repository for the index of County marriages, court records, obituaries, territorial census between 1855 and 1925, family genealogies and so much more.


Hours: April through October
Wednesday through Saturday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Address: 631 Topeka Ave.
Phone: 785 828-3477
Our Email: researchosagechs@embarqmail.com
Our Website:www.osagechs.org/
Tours and Research at other times by Appointment

Come visit us in Lyndon, Kansas

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Carnegie Library

The Lyndon Carnegie Library is believed to be one of the smallest Carnegie Libraries in the United States. Erected in 1910 from a grant of $7,500 from philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, with the provision that the township agreed to maintain it at a cost of not less than $750 per annum.

Lyndon, KS National Register

Osage County Historical Society Museum

The Lyndon Museum and Research Center offers an interesting collection of artifacts and records that give insights into the early days of the county and its citizens.

Lyndon, KS Museums

Bailey House Complex

One hundred and thirty years ago in 1870, Wells P. Bailey built this two-story log house of native walnut trees. The logs were hand hewn with some as much as 20 inches in diameter.

When the Indians were removed to Oklahoma in 1868

Lyndon, KS Famous Homes

Old Schoolhouse/Residence

Lyndon's first school was located in the home on Madison Street shortly after Lyndon was founded in 1870. The house continued as a school until it was purchased by School District 28 in August, 1889 for $300. The school continued to own the property until October, 1907.

Lyndon, KS Pioneer Life

Things to do Museums near Lyndon, KS