email- raycountymuseum@yahoo.com
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
For August and September leading up to the Festival:
During August while others are getting geared up and working on the grounds and museum:
· Simple sewing and repairing of costumes
· Helping at the museum during open hours/days for answering the phone, door-greeter, tour guides
· Collecting any clothing from garage sales, etc that can be used for costumes
· Helping to clean up the grounds and ready for any set up on the grounds
· Recruiting other volunteers, we can Never have enough people helping
· Scouts are MORE than welcome and can earn points as well as school students for their community service hours
The weekend of Festival:
· Grounds clean up
· Answering phone and greeting at the door
· ‘Floor walkers’ inside the museum for assisting tours
· Grounds walkers to assist vendors/demonstrators/vistitors
· Grounds walkers will also be needed to ‘go-fer’ and assist for bathroom and meal breaks
· Helping to dress/costume the volunteers and visitors
· Tables, booth set up assistance
· Serving at the tables at the grill
· Directing parking
· Taking money at the gates
· Clean up of the grounds after the festival- MUCH needed
We will need floor walkers inside the museum at All times. We also prefer to have enough volunteers to switch every two hours so no-one will miss out on anything or stay inside for too long.
There are more duties that we’ll need help with, but this is a start. If you have a special interest and it’s not listed, please, feel free to include this in your sign-up.
And, we THANK YOU for your time and efforts in getting this huge under-taking!
EVERYONE IS TO BE IN PERIOD COSTUME- VOLUNTEERS WHO SIGN UP AND ARE THERE TO PARTICIPATE WILL NOT BE CHARGED RENTAL FOR YOUR COSTUME IF YOU STAY YOUR APPOINTED TIMES.
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Update on events:
The 100th Birthday ceremony for the Poor Farm building will be moved to June 19, Saturday evening.
Which, also happens to be our ICE CREAM social and wiener roast!
This is the first fund-raiser for the year and going to be Lots of fun! Bring the kids, bring your lawn chairs and enjoy! Cake walk, music, LOTS of ice cream and fun!
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JUNE 26, JULY 17, SEPTEMBER 11, OCOTOBER 9
Paranormal Adventures at the museum! Print off the flyer (below) sign up with cash, check or Paypal and come on and join the fun! Who knows what lurks………
Print off the flyer (below) sign up with cash, check or Paypal and come on and join the fun! Who knows what lurks………—-
VOLUNTEERS FOR RE-ENACTMENT/LIVING HISTORY FESTIVAL
RAY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, RICHMOND, MISSOURI
SEPTEMBER 24TH AND 25TH, 2010
EMAIL- raycountymuseum@yahoo.com or 816-776-2305
901 West Royle, Richmond, Missouri 64085
Donations are very much appreciated toward this event-
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
For August and September leading up to the Festival:
During August while others are getting geared up and working on the grounds and museum:
· Simple sewing and repairing of costumes
· Helping at the museum during open hours/days for answering the phone, door-greeter, tour guides
· Collecting any clothing from garage sales, etc that can be used for costumes
· Helping to clean up the grounds and ready for any set up on the grounds
· Recruiting other volunteers, we can Never have enough people helping
· Scouts are MORE than welcome and can earn points as well as school students for their community service hours
The weekend of Festival:
· Grounds clean up
· Answering phone and greeting at the door
· ‘Floor walkers’ inside the museum for assisting tours
· Grounds walkers to assist vendors/demonstrators/vistitors
· Grounds walkers will also be needed to ‘go-fer’ and assist for bathroom and meal breaks
· Helping to dress/costume the volunteers and visitors
· Tables, booth set up assistance
· Serving at the tables at the grill
· Directing parking
· Taking money at the gates
· Clean up of the grounds after the festival- MUCH needed
We will need floor walkers inside the museum at All times. We also prefer to have enough volunteers to switch every two hours so no-one will miss out on anything or stay inside for too long.
There are more duties that we’ll need help with, but this is a start. If you have a special interest and it’s not listed, please, feel free to include this in your sign-up.
And, we THANK YOU for your time and efforts in getting this huge under-taking!
EVERYONE IS TO BE IN PERIOD COSTUME- VOLUNTEERS WHO SIGN UP AND ARE THERE TO PARTICIPATE WILL NOT BE CHARGED RENTAL FOR YOUR COSTUME IF YOU STAY YOUR APPOINTED TIMES.
NAME ___________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS _________________________________________________________________
EMAIL ________________________________________PHONE ______________________
I WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO : ____________________________________________
Jason Offutt, Author and ‘home grown’ Ray Countian will be our guest at the Ray County Museum, Saturday,April 24th, 2010. His new book “What Lurks Beyond: The Paranormal in Your Backyard” ( A New Odyssey Series) will be available in April, 2010 and available through Amazon.
This is just one of the many books that Jason has written among:
So, bring your books and have Jason sign them for you along with refreshments and meeting the author!
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September 24 & 25 2010
If you have a period skill and would like to be a demonstrator/vendor or a volunteer, please contact me.
COSTUMES (1800′S) ARE MANDATORY
Landis Light Artilliary
Coffee’s 6th Missouri Cavalry
1st person characters on the grounds
Living history, demonstrations on
1800’s way of life
Friday,September 24, characters teaching
The school children/classes the ways of the
1800’s
Saturday:
Demonstrators and re-enactors
Details coming soon
If you’re a vendor/demonstrator in this venue
And would like to donate your time and talents and/or monetary,
Please contact me at:
Much more will be going on this weekend- Details to follow soon.
(The re-enactors are MCWRA sanctioned, this event is not sanctioned by the MCWRA. Maybe Next year!?)
COSTUMES (1800′S) ARE MANDATORY
Living History participant:
Due to the overwhelming success we had with the former Old Trails Folklife Festival, and a lot of requests, we are, again, putting on a Living History Festival October 2, 3 and 4th, 2009. It will be hosted by the Ray County Historical Society, Richmond Missouri on the grounds and on the fairgrounds.
Please mark your calendars for this event!
The groups will celebrate the rich cultural and historical heritage of the county by providing an overview of early rural lifestyles through a broad spectrum of skills, customs and period costumes. Demonstrations will include a wide variety of the lost arts of the 1800s.
A cordial invitation is extended to you to participate in demonstrating your period skills and talents.
There is no charge to set up and those with wares or heritage crafts to sell may do so without commission or fees.* If you know of any other individuals or groups who would be interested in participating, please have them contact us. No gas-powered motors on the history grounds, please.
Space for self-contained camper parking is available at a minimal fee for electricity and water.
First come, first serve and will be given by post-mark or email date.
Fires for cooking, blacksmithing, etc are allowed. The event will be advertised extensively. If you are interested in joining us, please fill out the following form and return to
Living History in Ray County
c/o Ray County Historical Society
Karen Windsor-Bush
PO Box #2
Richmond, Missouri 64085
Email-raycountymuseum@yahoo.com
816-776-2305
This is your invitation and application for September 2010. Please return it to us as soon as possible.
* A free will donation would be more than appreciated to defray our costs.
Name ________________________________________________________Phone __________
Address __________________________________________________________
City: __________________________State ______________________Zip: _______________
Email: _______________________________________________________________________
Demonstration/Craft: __________________________________________________________
Items for sale: Yes _______No __________ Description of item: ____________________
Size of area ___________________________________Electricity: Yes ______ No ______
Other: _______________________________________________________________________
We are not responsible for theft, fire or flood, accidents.
This event may be cancelled at the discretion of the Ray County Historical Society due to weather conditions.
ICE CREAM SOCIAL!
COME OUT AND HAVE A GOOD ‘OLE TIME WITH US
PLENTY OF CAKE, ICE CREAM AND OTHER GOODIES
OLD FASHIONED GAMES IF YOU’D LIKE TO JOIN IN
METAL HOOP AND STICK
MUSICAL CHAIRS
HORSE SHOES
CROQUET
OLD TIME PHOTOS ON-SITE
RAFFLE FOR GOODIES
Of Course tour our wonderful museum, bring the kids!
COME ON OUT, FREE WILL DONATION
6:30 PM
JUNE 12, 2009 SATURDAY
RAY COUNTY MUSEUM
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1-816-776-2305
EVENTS 2009
JUNE 27, 2009
ICE CREAM SOCIAL
(on the museum grounds)
ON THE SQUARE
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
VETERANS PICNIC
(on the museum grounds)
OCTOBER 3, 4TH
(fair grounds/museum grounds)
A NEW feature in our grand museum!!
Old Time Photo in the parlor at the Ray County Museum in sepia tone or color.
Dress in our authentic looking costumes of the era or wear your own and step back in the past.
Bring your family and make a memory.
Two sizes of photos are available on high quality photo stock.
Wouldn’t this be a great Christmas card or to make memories with your class reunion?
We have children’s to larger sized costumes available with accessories for a small additional charge.
Please call for your reservation.
Ray County Museum
816-776-2305
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The Ray County museum will be open for entertaining in the parlor with Christmas refreshments and tours on Christmas Eve until 3:30 p.m. Be sure to bring your family and friends to see Your museum in all of her glory.
All of us have those before and after -Christmas blues so come on up and clear out the cob-webs of your hustle and bustle and enjoy a nice quiet stroll through the past and a parlor repast.
Christmas Eve, December 24th, 11:00- 3:30 p.m
December 26 & 27, 10:00- 4:00
Complimentary cider and other refreshments.
Free tours.
www.raycountyhistoricalsociety.com
816-776-2305
901 West Royle, Richmond
OIN us in our 36th Ray County Historical Society’s Annual Meeting. Sounds boring, it WON’T be!
Bring a dish (side or dessert) and join us for a friendly supper, followed by the election of our new board members and officers and a special program by Rod Fields on the Ray County Poor Farm.
As a member, you can participate in nominating for the board members and also elections.
If you’re not a member,…why not? We have different scaled levels of membership, so join us, now and be a part of the Ray County community and preserving our history!
Remember, all members have an automatic 10% discount on purchases from the museum, gift shop, costume rentals and publications.
Try a gift certificate this Christmas or any time for that special person!
See you there!
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Stories on the mines of Ray County and surrounding areas will come later this week. Check out the RSS feed to stay informed of additions, etc.
Click on each picture for the full size
There are a LOT more pictures, stay tuned
Photos/album and history of the mines courtesy of Don Rogers, Camden, Missouri
Excelsior Springs,Missouri
Aged Border Fight and Ex-Bandit Found
Unconscious in His Yard yesterday Evening
Suffering from an attack of heart failure, Frank James, noted as a guerilla
during the civil War and later as a member of the James gang, was found
unconscious in the yard at his home last evening. He resides on the James farm,
long the home of the family.
A physician who was called, revived Mr. James and gave it as his opinion that the patient would be alright in a few days if he avoids exertion. Mr. James is still confined to
his bed, but was reported much improved today.
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STATE OF MISSOURI- 1861
NEOSHO, MISSOURI
PHOTO COPY- 39 PGS
INCLUDING:
$10.50 PLUS $7.00 SHIPPING
NO SALES TAX!
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Clairborne F. Jackson, the Missouri governor, Thomas C. Reynolds, the Lieutenant governor and the governor’s executive staff occupied the residence for several months in 1865 and 1862 when Federal forces invited their home state and the Douglas Democrats fled southward.
In 1861 Missouri voted to remain in the Union, and when Federal troops threatened to attack the capital at Jefferson City, governor Jackson, Lieutenant Governor Reynolds and the executive staff , loyal to the South, sought a safe place in which to establish a temporary seat of government.
They finally chose Marshall, an East Texas town which had a population of about 2,000 at that time. Marshall is forty miles west of Shreveport, La, which at this time was the seat of Confederate military authority for the trans-Mississippi region. Soon after he had established his government in Marshall, Governor Jackson left its affairs in the hands of the lieutenant governor and went to New Madrid, Mo., where he issued a call for the meeting of the General Assembly at Neosho, Mo, October 21, 1861.
A part of the assembly met at Neosho and declared that Missouri had withdrawn from the Union. Jackson did not return to Marshall, but rejoined Missouri’s secession forces in Southern Arkansas and remained with them until his death, December 6, 1862 near Little Rock.
After the fall of Vicksburg, Miss, in 1863, Marshall became headquarters of the trans-Mississippi area, and the confederate army established ordinance, hat shoe, saddle harness and cartridge departments there. The Missouri government in exile continued to exist at Marshall until Lee’s surrender in 1865.
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RAY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
As a new member, you will recieve notice via email and also your membership card and literature from the Ray County Museum via snail mail. THANK YOU in advance for your support!
Also, most memberships to non-profit organizations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE. Check with your tax people for this perk!
Print off the form below with payment, or..use the handy Paypal ‘Subscribe” button. It’s that easy!
If you chose to send a check or money order, just copy/paste theinfo below:
I want to keep the history of Ray County alive and have enclosed my check Please send my membership card and future correspondence to the address below.
I have chosen the:
[ ] Individual membership- $25
[ ] Individual Lifetime membership- $200
[ ] Family membership- $50.00
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[ ] Event Sponsor - $100
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[ ] I am a Lifetime member and would like to make a donation
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Ray County Historical Society
PO Box 2
www.raycountyhistoricalsociety.com
Updated June 10, 2009
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POW/MIA Honorary Dinner
September 18, 2009
Dinner at 5:00 p.m.
Program to begin at 6:00 p.m.
Carrollton VFW Post
104 Walnut Hills Dr. In Carrollton
Come listen to amazing stories of true
heroism. Our guests of honor include
7 former WWII POWs and 1 MIA.
Don’t miss this once in a lifetime
opportunity to meet TRUE heroes!
R.S.V.P.
816-739-9899
6-739-9899
RAY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
QUARTERLY GET TOGETHER!
EVERYONE WELCOME
March 26, 6:00 P.M
Bring your friends for a Carry-in dinner and a program!
Our Quarterly meetings are to welcome the members of the RCHS and to entertain with a carry-in supper along with special programs.
March 26, 2009 is our second quarter and would like all members to come and enjoy the fellowship, the program and see our museum all spruced up for Spring and the opening ‘season’ of the tourists and events!
This quarter, our Board’s vice-president, David Blythe will be giving the program.
David is also the editor of the Lawson Review, the oldest newspaper in Ray County.
He will present a history of the Lawson Review and other area papers such as Robert Lyn, editor of the Ray County Review and the Conservator. The Hardin journal and others.
This will be an interesting review of our County and its history in the newspaper business, as well as our founding businesses of the County.
Please come, bring your friends and family.
We will meet at the Ray County museum, food will be furnished. If you’d like to bring a side-dish or dessert, that would be MORE than welcome!
We’re gearing up for a fun evening!
Ray County Museum
901 West Royal St, Richmond, Missouri
816-776-2305- email- raycountymuseum@yahoo.com
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ORDER NO. 11
First, All persons living in Jackson, Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri, and in that part of Vernon included in this district, except those living within one mile of the limits of Harrisonville, Hickman Mills, Independence and Pleasant Hill and Harrisonville, and except those in the part of Kaw Township, Jackson County, north of Brush Creek and west of the Big Blue, embracing Kansas City and Westport, are hereby ordered to remove from their present places of residence within fifteen days from the date hereof. Those who, within that time, establish their loyalty to the satisfaction of the commanding officer of the military station nearest their present places of residence will receive from him certificates stating the fact of their loyalty, and the names of the witnesses by whom it can be shown. All who receive such certificates will be permitted to remove to any military station in the district, or to any part of the State of Kansas except the counties on the eastern border of the State. All others shall remove out of the district. Officers commanding companies and detachments serving in the counties named will see that this paragraph is promptly obeyed.
Second, All hay and grain in the field, or under shelter in the district, from which the inhabitants are required to remove, within the reach of the military stations, after the 9th of September, next, will be taken to such stations and turned over to the proper officers there; and reports of the amounts so turned over made to district headquarters, specifying the name of all loyal owners and the amount of such produce taken from them. All grain and hay found in such district after the 9th of September, next, not convenient to such stations, will be destroyed.
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Order No. 11 was issued four days after the August 21,Lawrence,Kansas, a retaliatory effort led by bushwacker, William Quantrill. The Union Army believed that Confederate combatants in the area were originating from, or being supported by, rural portions of four Missouri counties on the Kansas border south of the Missouri River: Bates, Cass, Jackson, and Vernon. Federal forces were determined to put a stop to these depredations by any means necessary, even if that meant dispossessing innocent (or not-so-innocent) civilians.
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