2024-05-29T14:49:51Z 2023-12-31 742853373 H AND R BLOCK 784 4TH PHILLIPSBURG KS 67661 990EZ 2023-01-01 480822963 PHILLIPS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC PHIL 7855436212 PO BOX 53 Phillipsburg KS 67661 KATHLEEN BEARD TREASURER 7855436212 2024-05-06 true KATHLEEN BEARD true Kathleen Beard P00791380 7855432239 2024-05-29 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X N/A X X 39437 16939 18489 1290 2719 2719 39437 15306 13371 22025 10350 160 61212 -21775 -36564 -58339 157407 149295 157407 149295 193971 207364 -36564 -58069 To actively preserve promote and bring to life the history of PHILLIPS COUNTY KANSAS THE PHILLIPS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HELPS RUN AND MAINTAIN THE FORT BISSELL MUSEUM IN PHILLIPSBURG. THE MUSEUM IS RAN FROM MEMORIAL WEEKEND TO LABOR DAY WEEKEND. DURING THE 2021 SEASON THERE WERE 542 VISITORS FROM 23 DIFFERENT STATES. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 7 BUILDINGS AT FORT BISSELL MUSEUM. WITH EXTRA GRANT MONEY FORT BISSELL IS BUILDING A NEW CHURCH TO ADD ANOTHER HISTORICAL PHILLIPS COUNTY BUILDING TO THE MUSEUM. GENERAL TOURS ARE GIVEN AND MORE HISTORY IS SHARED ABOUT PHILLIPS COUNTY DURING THE TOURS. THE TOURS CAN BE SELF-GUIDED OR A PHYSICAL TOURGUIDE IS PROVIDED. A FEW SPECIAL WORKSHOPS WERE HELD ON FRIDAYS FOR THE LOCAL CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 AND 10. THE WORKSHOPS INVOLVED DIFFERENT CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PIONEER HISTORY THAT THE FORT BISSELL MUSEUM SHOWCASES. DURING 2021 THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS HELD AND 54 CHILDREN WERE IN ATTENDANCE. THE ACTIVITIES WERE DECORATING CUPCAKES FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY, A SCAVENGER HUNT THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM AND MAKING NATIVE AMERICAN HEADBANDS AND JEWELRY. AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SEASON THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE MUSEUM HOSTS SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS. IN 2021 THERE WERE 179 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FROM 5 SURROUNDING SCHOOLS THAT ATTENDED THESE SCHOOL TRIPS. OTHER THAN TAKING THEM THROUGH THE FORT EXTRA TIME IS SPENT IN OUR CRITTER CABIN AND AT OUR BLACKSMITH SHOP. IN THE CRITTER CABIN THE CHILDREN ARE SHOWN ALL OF THE FURS AND SKILLS OF THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN PHILLIPS COUNTY. THEY ARE ALLOWED TO TOUCH AND HANDLE THE FURS. THE BLACKSMITH DOES A LIVE DEMONSTRATION FOR THE CHILDREN BY HEATING AN IRON TO RED HOT IN THE FORGE AND SHAPING IT ON THE ANVIL AND IN THE VICE. CONNIE COX PRESIDENT 0.00 0 LINDA MCDOWELL DIRECTOR 0.00 0 DEB HADLEY SECRETARY 0.00 0 KATHLEEN BEARD TREASURER 0.00 0 CLAUDETTE GRAHAM VICE PRESIDENT 0.00 0 BRENNAN ENGLE DIRECTOR 0.00 0 PAM SPICER DIRECTOR 0.00 0 CRIQUET COLE DIRECTOR 0.00 0 RUBY WIEHMAN MUSEUM CURATOR 0.00 0 false false false false false false false false KS KATHLEEN BEARD 784 4TH ST Phillipsburg KS 67661 7855432239 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE X 24291 6098 6479 36868 24291 6098 6479 36868 36868 6186 4092 3210 13488 50356 0.73210 X PART 1 LINE 10 EXPENSES FOR A HISTORICAL CHURCH PART 11 LINE 26 GRANT, EQUITY AND LIABILITES PART 111 TO ACTIVELY PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE HISTORY AND ARTIFACTS OF PHILLIPS COUNTY KANSAS