The 45th annual meeting of the Valley Falls Historical Society was held Sunday, Oct. 28, at The Barn Bed and Breakfast Inn.
A short business meeting was held following the buffet dinner. The following officers and directors were elected to serve the society for the 2012-2013 term:
Betty Jane Wilson, president, Rosalind Jackson, vice president, Lesa Brose, secretary, Gary Coleman, treasurer, and directors Joan Reichart, term 2015, Anita Stutesman, term 2013, and James Durand, term 2014, and Frank Shrimplin, historian.
The guest speaker was Todd Mildfelt, author and teacher from Richmond. His subject, "The Underground Railroad on the Western Frontier" emphasized the involvement of territorial Kansas.
Author of "The Secret Danites: Kansas' First Jayhawkers," the story of the secret society organized to make Kansas a free state, features Charles Leonhardt, James Lane, the Rev. John E. Stewart, and John Brown and their involvement in the society.
"Wagon Train to Freedom," also authored by Mildfelt, is a story based on an actual underground railroad trip that took place less than a year before the Civil War began traveling approximately 35 miles west of Topeka north for Nebraska. The book is illustrated with black and white sketches by Kelly Hartman who accompanied Mildfelt and was a guest of the historical society. Both of Mildfelt's books were for sale after the meeting.
The historical museum will be open at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3.
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