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Continued from Page 1. “It includes every community still functioning and a few who are not (in Reno County),” Smith said. One photo shows children lined up in front of the first school in Medora. Yet another, dated 1900, shows the Junction House, once a thriving Medora hotel. The first Hutchinson News, dated July 4, 1872, is shown in a glass display along with the news paper's Pulitzer Prize, in another display. The newspaper contains a description of the area at the time and among the advertisements, a real estate advertisement from none other than Clinton C. Hutchinson, the city’s founder. One line, advertising land for sale around the newly formed city of Hutchinson, reads: “Most reason able prices.” The 126th anniversary exhibit was planned to be displayed only during HutchFest, but was extend ed through August to give muse um-goers a chance to view the pho tos and maps. These kinds of exhibits are a lot of fun,” Smith said, “It’s mostly two-dimensional. People who come in will get a kick out of it.” A new exhibit, “Fields of For tune Before Us: The History of Business and Industry in Reno County,” will open to the public July 12 in a newly renovated first floor area of the museum. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. Their phone number is 662-1426.
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Hutchinson News
Hutchinson, Kansas, US
Sun, Jul 06, 1997
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