Calendar of Upcoming Events at
The Barber County Heritage Center
Community Room
Located at:
1056 SE Isabel Road, Medicine Lodge, KS
(Corner of Hwy. 160 & Isabel Road)
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Unless otherwise stated, ticket prices for all entertainment events are:
Adults - $10; Children 12 & under - FREE
Also unless otherwise stated, concessions will be available at entertainment events.
“Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest”
Opening July 17, 2010 at The Barber County Heritage Center in Medicine Lodge, is the traveling exhibit
“Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest”
“Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest” takes a look at why harvest is so important to our state,
explores how changes in technology have influenced Kansas farm families and
examines nature, storage and after-harvest festivals.
“Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest” will be open for viewing from July 17 thru August 8, 2010, Thur-Sun., 1pm-4pm.
Please call Lois Wortman, (620) 886-5242 or Bev Garten, (620) 886-3989 for details.
Admission to the exhibit and related programming is free.
Free Will donations will be accepted, to assist in defraying the shipping costs
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"Dust Bowl in Kansas"
Opening June 19, 2010 at The Barber County Heritage Center, is the traveling exhibit
“Dust Bowl in Kansas.”
Kansas has suffered through many hot, dry, dusty spells, but the severe drought of the 1930s was
one of the worst. The fine topsoil became powdery dry, and the vegetation that usually held it in
place grew sparsely. Strong winds raised dust into billowing clouds and dumped it in drifts across the Plains.
“Dust Bowl” was the name given to that part of the southern Plains where the effects of drought and
blowing dust were most extreme. The “black blizzards” first struck in 1932 and returned each year throughout the 1930s.
Dust Bowl in Kansas explores those difficult years through historic photographs and text.
This exhibit was produced by the Kansas State Historical Society and is part of the
Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibit Service. (KITES)
Please call Lois Wortman, (620) 886-5242 or Bev Garten, (620) 886-3989 for details.
"Dust Bowl in Kansas" will be open for viewing from June 19 thru July 11, 2010, Thur-Sun., 1pm-4pm.
This is the first of many planned traveling exhibits and displays planned for The Center.
Admission to the exhibit and related programming is free.
Free Will donations will be accepted, to assist in defraying the shipping costs
What's Happening around the area . . .
(Events listed do not take place at The Heritage Center)