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Contract for Strip Miners
Contract for Strip Miners, District #14 – 1939
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We are reaching our goal for upgrading the playground equipment through donations brought to the museum as well as online. Thanks to a generous donation from a young lady whose grandparents lived in Franklin. We are about 1/3 of the way there. Please consider a donation no matter how small so we can upgrade the playground for the children. Please share our post to help spread the word.Help renovate our playground equipment. We need to replace the swing seats and chain as well as the teeter totter seats at Franklin Community Park. Would you be willing to donate toward one seat, two, or all of them. We appreciate any support. Please share to help us with this fundraising project.
The children really love the playground area and we are bringing everything back up to standards and preparing the park for the spring and summer. There are 6 swing seats at $100 per swing. This includes new chains. The teeter totter seats are purchased as a set and are $150.
If you would like to donate please send a check to Miners Hall Museum, 701 S. Broadway, Franklin, Ks. 66735, drop donation off at the museum or you can donate directly be credit card using the link below. Please note that the donation is for the Community Park play area. All donations are tax deductible.
Swing Seats Plus Chain $100 each (need 6)
Teeter Totter Seats $150 total for a set of 4 seats
Thanks for the great coverage of our special event at Miners Hall Museum. Left to right: J. T. Knoll with microphone, George Barberich on button box, Bob Serra on accordion and Johnnie Joe Zibert on accordion.
Miners Hall Museum showcases music of southeast Kansas
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FRANKLIN, Kan. — Accordion and polka music have strong ties to southeast Kansas. European immigrant coal miners brought the music to the area and the authentic music could be heard in southea...Visit Miners Hall Museum to see our quarterly exhibit "Music of the Little Balkans". Free admission. Open Monday-Friday 10am-4pm.
TRUE STORIES — The people's instrument
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Just like any family lineage, the accordion clan in southeast Kansas has an interesting history and lots of thought-provoking stories. Much of itGreat event at Miners Hall Museum today. Thanks to KOAM for coming out to cover the event! Left to right: Gene Corsini on accordion, Gerald Azamber on banjo, Johnnie Joe Zibert on accordion.
Polka party and history lesson in Franklin - KOAM
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There’s no shortage of passionate polka players and fans here in the 4-State area, and that could bee seen at the Miner’s Hall Museum in Franklin, Kansas on Sunday. They were there to listen to th...Thank you to all our supporters and friends who came out today for our special monthly program at Miners Hall Museum in Franklin, Kansas. We appreciate your patience as we located seating for the huge crowd and we will do our best to be prepared for the next monthly program which we know will be just as exciting!
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Council in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution's Museum on Main
Street program. Support for "The Way We Worked" Kansas tour has been
provided by the Ross and Marianna Beach Foundation, the Western Kansas
Community Foundation, and Jostens. Support for Museum on Main Street has
been provided by the United States Congress.
