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Notes: The Photograph on this page is of the Caboose located by the Depot in downtown Pleasant Hill. Our next meeting is Sunday, July 20th at 2:30 at the museum. Visitors are welcome!
Program: Richard Sunderwirth will discuss his book "The Burning of Osceola."
We have copies of "The Magician & the Gambler" by Karl Johnson. ($26 plus postage) This book, includes events that took place in Pleasant Hill during the 20's & 30's, while telling the tale of the famous magician, Dai Vernon's search for Allen "Bill" Kennedy of Pleasant Hill. Kennedy was the master of "The Center Deal." |
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BOARD MEMBERS
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President:
Bev Kennedy
Treasurer:
Eleanor Dinges
Secretary:
Elaine Sexson
Vice-President:
June King
Member-at-Large:
Nelson Gipson
Curator:
Robert Kennedy
RAYMORE HISTORICAL SOCIETY CASS COUNTY FAMILY HISTORY GUILD LIST OF NAMES IN 'WW II SCRAPBOOK' (ON ROOTSWEB)
History of the Pleasant Hill Historical Society
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The Pleasant Hill Historical Society was organized on March 30, 1970. Its first Officers were:
The purpose of the Society is to be a source of historical information concerning Pleasant Hill. This is accomplished by its public Museum, its programs and activities devoted to promoting knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of Pleasant Hill and its remarkable past.
On March 3, 1971, a spectacular fire destroyed two large buildings and gutted a third on Wyoming Street. This building was the site of the old Kosky Barber Shop. The stone front of this building was built with stone from the historically important Gamble Mansion, finished in 1866 by a son of Hamilton R. Gamble, Missouri’s pro-Northern Civil War Governor. It subsequently became the Brannock Collegiate Institute, better known as the “Stone College.” Later, in 1904, some of its stones, door, and two windows were used for the front of Kosky’s Barber Shop.
In 1976, this building, after being completely renovated, was dedicated as the Pleasant Hill Historical Society’s Museum. Even though the museum is less than 1000 square feet in area, it includes many artifacts, documents, and family history files. Besides the artifacts that can be seen in the Museum, thousands of photographs are available to be studied and used for research. These photographs date from the turn of the Century into this decade. They include street scenes, businesses, churches, schools, individuals, groups, disasters, and many other aspects of the life & times of the citizens of Pleasant Hill.
The Historical Society also houses and maintains extensive “family history” files, which include newspaper clippings from the "Pleasant Hill Times" for much of this century. At this time, over 2500 surnames are on file. These files offer a great source for genealogical research.
