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Keeping History Alive in Leavenworth County. The Leavenworth County Historical Society endeavors to tell the one-of-a-kind stories of Leavenworth’s past with exhibits, historical programs, and community outreach initiatives. Since 1965, visitors from around the world have walked through the doors of our home at 1128 Fifth Avenue, the Carroll ...
April 29. Our goal is to bring together all of the local historical societies, museums, community and local businesses as we showcase the rich history of the First City of Kansas. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/FirstCityHistoryFestival. Directions. C.W. Parker Carousel Museum. 320 S. Esplanade Street. Leavenworth, KS 66048.
By the 1840s, travel to Oregon and California had begun and thousands of wagons passed through Fort Leavenworth on the way to the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. In 1854, the City of Leavenworth was founded as the very first city of Kansas.
EVENTS. SMALL MALL: The 2024 Holiday Small Mall will be Saturday, December 7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, December 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the C.W. Parker Carousel Museum (320 S. Esplanade, Leavenworth, KS 66048; 913-682-1331).
Inside is a diverse, yet cohesive, array of exhibits, displays, collections, and collectibles—more than one thousand!—that tell a balanced story of Leavenworth, the first city incorporated in the then-new State of Kansas in 1854.
Leavenworth County Historical Society featuring The Carroll Mansion Museum. You can search our database prints of people from historical glass plate negatives and even get prints of the images.
A $50 suggested donation per ticket. Tickets available at Leavenworth County Historical Society, 1128 5th Ave., Leavenworth. Ticket includes, dinner, dance mechanical bull, silent auction and contests.
