October 2021

Collectors of antiques and vintage items will flock to Council Bluffs in late October for the annual Omaha Antique Show, Oct. 29-30 at The Grass Wagon.

Dealers from five states will be on site selling primitives, maps, Asian artifacts, holiday collectibles, posters, jewelry, postcards, toys and Western items; no crafts will be sold at the event.
“The dealers are most enthusiastic about the opportunity to sell to their loyal customers and collectors new to antiques,” organizer Sally Thompson says.

The show will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 29, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 30th. Admission is $6 for adults and $2 for students. Parking is available behind The Grass Wagon.
For more information, call 913-488-3306 or e-mail granitemom@aol.com.

October 2021

History will come alive – along with a few ghouls and zombies – at Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer’s All Hallows’ event, Oct. 8-9 in Grand Island.

Visitors will start their evening with frightful scenes in the museum’s family arbor, where kids will receive a bag full of candy and coupons from local businesses. Then, it’s off to Railroad Town, an historic town on the museum’s grounds, which recreates the lives of everyday citizens in 1891, including farmers, blacksmiths and tinsmiths. Catch a ghost story or two in front of the Lesher House, and then participate in a costume parade as it winds its way through Railroad Town.
The museum is promoting the event as suitable for younger children.

Stuhr Musuem is located at 3133 W. U.S. Highway 34. For more information, call 308-385-5316 or visit www.stuhrmuseum.org.

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September 2021

Event marks Santa Fe Trail’s 200th anniversary

The small town of Council Grove is getting ready for a big party to celebrate the Santa Fe Trail’s 200th anniversary as a major route for trade in the 19th century.

The Rendezvous at Council Grove, scheduled for Sept. 17-19, will feature a host of activities designed to highlight life and historical events that would shape the history of the trial since 1821. A pageant sponsored by local group Voices of the Wind, made up of Konza Indians from the Kaw Nation, will “depict the changes affected by two vastly different cultures.

As the Kaw Indians were being relocated and European American settlers were beginning to populate Council Grove on the Santa Fe Trail, the dynamics of these two cultures co-existing proved to be intense,” according to the group’s website. The rendezvous also will include a mountain man exposition, an antique wagon show, and blacksmithing demonstrations.

The Voices of the Wind performances take place in the old Neosho riverbed near historic downtown Council Grove and adjacent to the Santa Fe Trail crossing on the Neosho River. The production incorporates historic photos, images of the prairie landscape, and video images with the live-action of a pack train, wagon train, stagecoach, riders on horseback, tepees and the campfire of a Kanza village, according to event co-organizer Diane Griz.

For more information, visit www.santafetrail200.com/rendezvous-at-council-grove.