JOIN 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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Our Costume Rental Shop is now open to the public!
Come and try them on, get your style, find the accessories
and strut in your Victorian, Edwardian or Prairie style wardrobe!
Rental is priced for everyone.

Complete Costumes,
Dress
shoes
Hat
Gloves

Starting at $45.00 per event
(Petticoats/hoops are a small additional fee)

For a small additional fee, you can rent for longer periods of time)

There are also a selection of custom decorated hats for your special occassions

While you there and would like a cuppa tea, tour our museum

selection and fitting.
Please call the Ray County Museum at : 816-776-2305
or, email- raycountymuseum@yahoo.com

The pictures represent a selection of our costumes.

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TEA TIME!

What better way to relax and run away from all the problems and the hectic pace of your lives?
A formal parlor, your best friends, tea served with light refreshments and a tour of our grand old museum?
October and November are Special Tea in the Parlor Months.
Grandmothers, bring your granddaughters to tea and enjoy an afternoon to remember.
The atmosphere of the 1900’s parlor along with the rest of the museum, a tea party complete with playing dress up if you like plus a tour of the museum.
Complete with our 1800’s Costume room, sewing room, quilt room, Grandmother’s kitchen and more!
The water is on the fire
The china is out
We’re in our period costumes to serve you
We’re just waiting for your reservation.
A nominal fee will bring you a maximum of pleasure and memories.
Come and join us!
Contact- Karen Windsor Bush, Curator/manager/tea-mistress
816-776-2305, Wednesday through Saturday
email- raycountymuseum@yahoo.com

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THE DONNER PARTY, 1846-47

FORMER RESIDENTS OF EASTERN RAY COUNTY WERE INVOLVED IN THE RESCUE

In the spring of 1846, Thomas Rhoads, Sr., his wife, Elizabeth Forster Rhoades, thirteen of their children and 35 members of their extended family which included their daughter-in-law, Amanda Esrey and three of her brothers, left Ray County, Missouri, for California. Family tradition has it that Thomas Rhoades, Sr., was a Mormon and had been asked by Brigham Young to assess possible route the Mormons could use to travel west.

The Rhoades group split into two parties at Big Sandy River in Wyoming with one group taking the Greenwood Cutoff route to Ft. Hall and then turning onto the California Trail at Raft River. Thomas, Sr., took the rest of his family over the new Hastings Cutoff by way of Great Salt Lake and rejoined the California Trail just below Elko on the Humboldt River in Nevada. This was the same route the Donner Party traveled two weeks later. When the Rhoades family learned the Donner Party was trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, John and Daniel Rhoades and the Esrey brothers were members of the group which went back to rescue them.

Several members of the Esrey family remained on property in Ray County near Hardin and have descendants in this area. Some related families are Holsinger, Grove, Stratton and Trenchard.

If you would like to learn more about these interesting Ray County people and historic events, plan to attend the program given by Dan Esarey, currently of St. Louis, Missouri. Dan welcomes participation with the audience, questions and answers.

This program will be held at the Ray County Museum,

901 West Royle Street

Richmond, Missouri

1:00 P.M., Saturday, October 11

This program is jointly sponsored by the Ray County Genealogical Association and the Ray County Historical Society. The program is free and the public is invited.

Refreshments will be provided.

(information provided by Bernie Rhoades, great-great grandson of Thomas Rhoades,Sr.)

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THE RAY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND RAY COUNTY MUSEUM

ARE PROUD TO HOST

Rain or Shine!!

THE  ‘CONCERTS IN THE PARK’ FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON

901 WEST ROYLE STREET

Performance are 8:00-10:00 P.M.

*****

In Addition to our bands and concerts, we’ll have a NEW Addition to our festivities!!

Farmers Market to become part of “Concerts In the Park”
at Ray County Museum
The Ray County Historical Society and the Ray County Museum will sponsor a “Farmer’s Market” in conjuction with the  “Concerts In the Park” series each Thursday through September on the museum grounds..
The farmers’ market will run from 4-7:30 p.m. in the museum  parking lot.
The Ray County Historical Society invites all farmers and the Richmond community to come out  on Thursday evenings.

NO Set up Fees, no fee at all!

Donations  are greatly appreciated for the bands and their performances.

THE BANDS BOOKED FOR SEPTEMBER:

(CHECK YAHOO MAP FOR DIRECTIONS)

Is the last concert of the season, come on and have fun Outdoors on the grounds!

MLC- MID LIFE CRISUS

CLASSIC ROCK, SOUTHERN ROCK

8-10:00 PM.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

FREE!!!

VISIT OUR MYSPACE SITE- http://www.myspace.com/raycountymusem

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