Osage County Historical Society

10/21/2026

Everyone had a great time this past Saturday during the Open House at Rapp School! Here some of the participates gather for a photo, image curtesy Karen Colstrom.

10/03/2026

We are OPEN! In celebration of the Lyndon Fall Festival we opened at 10am today!
Photo: Lyndon Street Fair c. 1908

08/01/2026

Today, we at the Osage County Historical Society and Museum hosted the Overbrook Historical Society. They toured our facility, asking questions about museum management and gathering ideas. What a happy way to further our own mission, connecting Osage County communities through shared histories. Best wishes to all our citizens' historical endeavors!
Photo: members of the Overbrook Historical Society at the Osage County Museum with Lynsay Flory, Osage County Museum Director, on the far right.

07/22/2026

Eileen Davis, our board secretary, spoke on her career as a telephone operator and supervisor at Appanoose Museum on Sunday. If you were unable to attend, never fear! She has been invited to give a similar talk at the Jackson County Historical Society in November.

07/15/2026

Join us Appanoose Museum this Sunday, July 19th, at 2 pm to hear our own Eileen Davis discuss voice communication before wide spread cell phone use. Eileen Davis spent a career working in the telephone industry and is prepared to share her "insiders view." This presentation is free and open to the public.
Photo: Elieen Davis presenting at Appanoose Museum last year.

07/03/2026

In observance of the 250th anniversary of America's Independence Day, Osage County Historical Society will be closed tomorrow, July 4th. We hope you have a great weekend celebrating with friends, families, communities, and county. America 250: Better Together.

07/02/2026

Come join in at Appanoose Museum as our own Eileen Davis shares from history and her own life experience connecting people and places in the pre-internet age.

Sunday afternoon Speaker series, featuring Eileen Davis from the Osage County Historical Society. Take a trip back in time to the good old days! Air conditioning, and a free event. Sunday July 19th at 2:00 p.m.

06/25/2026

Almost 30 people joined us this morning for our children's "America 250" stories and art. Here, they are making fireworks paintings.

06/11/2026

Today at the museum, kids made their own family trees, learned how we treasure family stories, and had a lot of fun learning how our stories interconnect and travel by making marble paintings :)

06/04/2026

What a great time today; seeing fossils at the museum, learning about Barnum Brown, a Dinosaur Hunter from Carbondale, and then digging for "fossils" at the Lyndon Carnegie Library. Join us at the museum next Thursday at 10:30am to learn about digging for stories, making family trees, and marble painting. All children ages 6-8 are welcome!