Volume 24,
Number 2

November 1999

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HOMESTEADERS TO BE HONORED

Twenty-Eight families who are still framing the original homesteads established by their ancestors in early Sherman County will be honored at a special ceremony on January 15, 2000 at 2:00pm at the Goodland Public Library during the Sherman County Historical Society's Annual Meeting.

Evelyn Ward, Chairman of the project, has requested we remind our members if they are aware of any other residents that are still working or working and living on the original homestead, to please inform her.  This is a unique situation and we certainly don't want to inadvertently exclude any family.

Call Evelyn at 899-3351, or any other Board member with the information.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!

The Sherman County Historical Society would like you to make plans to attend a special guest speaker April 29, 2000.

Sharon DeBartolo Carmack of Simla Colorado, is a certified genealogical record specialist with an emphasis on Italian-American family and social history research.  She also specializes in writing and editing narrative family histories that place ancestors into historical perspective.  Sharon writes a genealogical column for Reunions magazine, for which she won first place in the Council of Genealogy Columnists' Excellence in Writing Competition (1996), and she also writes a column for the FGS Forum on editing genealogical periodicals.

Sharon is a frequent lecturer at local, regional, and national genealogical conferences, having spoken to genealogical and historical organizations in twenty states.  In January 1997, she appeared as a guest on the new PBS television series "Ancestors."

More information will be coming your way about Sharon after the first of the year.

YEAR 2000 CALENDAR

There are still a few calendars left to buy.   The cost is now $15 and they can be purchased at the High Plains Museum or Knott Just Books, formerly the Family Bookstore.  Or, if you would like, send $15 plus $3 shipping to the Sherman County Historical Society, PO Box 684, Goodland, KS  67735.   We will not be reprinting the calendar so please get your calendar soon.

DISCUSSION GROUP

The Historical Society is enjoying our monthly discussion group which is held the third Wednesday of each month at 12:00 noon at the Senior Center.  Feel free to join us for this causal gathering of monthly topics!

The calendar contains historical events from the founding of Sherman County printed on each day of the 366 year of 2000.  The events are excerpts taken directly from the 3 volume set of history books published in the late 1970's.

SHERMAN COUNTY ONE ROOM SCHOOLS

The Historical Society is currently gathering information on the students and teachers of the Sherman County One Room School Houses.   We would appreciate any stories or photos of past experiences while attending school.