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Wednesday, May 15
Photo Scanning (Special Event)
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm RCGS Library, 2005 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS
Do you have photos you'd like to scan for use in your Genealogy work? RCGS will have copy stands and lighting available for you to use in copying pictures on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, from 1 - 4 p.m. at the Genealogy Library - 2005 Claflin Road.
Please bring your own pictures and your phone or camera to make the copies.
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Friday, May 17
Genealogy Round Table (Round Table)
10:00 am to 11:30 am Vista Drive In, 1911 Tuttle Creek Blvd., Manhattan, KS
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Join us for a open ended discussion of all things related to family history and genealogy. We meet in the side room at Vista, and try to patronize our host with a beverage purchase - and/or a cinnamon roll, etc.
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Sunday, May 19
The Military Trail and Marker Project (Educational Program)
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm Manhattan Public Library Auditorium, 629 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS
The Military Road went from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley during the 1850s and 1860s. It crossed five counties: Leavenworth, Jefferson, Shawnee, Pottawatomie, and Riley.
The presenter, Doug Tippin, will discuss the importance of the road and why it came to an end in the 1860s. He will also give an update about the 26 markers that have been placed between the two forts.
Doug Tippin is a retired Social Studies teacher and coach from USD #383. He has two degrees from Pittsburg State University. Following early retirement, he worked in the College of Education at Kansas State University supervising student teachers. For many years, he researched the Military Road that went from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley, Kansas during the 1850s and 1860s. Doug has placed markers in five counties to describe the road.
Sunday, May 19, 2024; 2:30-3:30pm
Location: Manhattan Public Library Auditorium, 629 Poyntz Ave.
This RCGS program is free and open to the public.
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Friday, June 21
Genealogy Round Table (Round Table)
10:00 am to 11:30 am Vista Drive In, 1911 Tuttle Creek Blvd., Manhattan, KS
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Join us for a open ended discussion of all things related to family history and genealogy. We meet in the side room at Vista, and try to patronize our host with a beverage purchase - and/or a cinnamon roll, etc.
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Sunday, June 23
Isaac Goodnow's 1855 three-week Journey from New England (Educational Program)
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm Manhattan Public Library Auditorium, 629 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS
As an established educator of Natural Science, Isaac Goodnow leads a group of sixty New Englanders, sponsored by the anti-slavery Emigrant Aid Company, to a frontier settlement in 1855 Kansas territory, their purpose being to vote to make Kansas a free state and not a slave state.
Presenter Phil Anderson has 45 years teaching at the high school, private college, public college, and university level. Final 31 years at KSU. First Director of KSU Honor & Integrity System. Presently on Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board, the Historic Resources Board, and a Trustee of the Riley County Historic Museum. Also, presently advocating for a walking/biking connection from downtown Manhattan to the Kansas riverfront.
This RCGS program is free and open to the public.
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