The Quinter Historical Society

07/11/2025

UPDATE!

The Quinter Historical Society invites you to the Museum on Main Street for Alumni Weekend. The Museum and the Farmer's Market will be open on Friday, August 1, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

If families or classes would like a tour, please contact Tom at (785) 299-0065 or Marcia at (785) 299-0102.

The Class of 1953 will meet at the Museum after the parade on Saturday, August 2.

We look forward to seeing you.

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09/05/2024

On Thursday, Sept. 12th, Quinter Historical Society will be displaying 13 quilts at the Quilt Guild meeting from 1-3 pm. Please join us at Jay Johnson Public Library meeting room to see some unique quilts, including a 1911 quilt that has embroidered names of local families.

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01/04/2024

It’s Thowback Thursday from The Quinter Historical Society. We wish you a very Happy New Year. What was your favorite memory of New Year’s Eve in Quinter. Do you remember “Howard’s Place”? Please feel free to share this post and leave us your comments!

12/28/2023

It’s Thowback Thursday from The Quinter Historical Society. What’s your favorite memory of Christmas in Quinter? Please feel free to comment and share and have a wonderful holiday season!

12/21/2023

It's Throwback Thursday! The Quinter Historical Society will be posting some advertising from local merchants as they appeared in The Advocate seventy years ago - in 1953! Please feel free to leave a comment or share this content.

12/14/2023

Breaking news - this just in! The Quinter Historical Society and the Quinter Farmers Market are holding an open house today, December 14, 2023, at the museum from 4 to 7 pm. Be sure to stop in and say "hi." Have a listen to the pump organ that has recently been refurbished. See you there!

12/14/2023

It's Throwback Thursday from The Quinter Historical Society. Our time machine takes us back to August 1958. Once again,the dam at Sheridan Lake failed. The state of Kansas is about to give up on repairs to the dam, and convert the area into a refuge for water fowl. What memories do you have of Old Sheridan Lake? Feel free to leave a comment and to share this post.

12/07/2023

It's Throwback Thursday from The Quinter Historical Society. This picture takes us back to the summer of 1959. Park has a new water system! Do you have memories to share of this event? Please leave a comment, and feel free to share this post.

11/30/2023

It's Throwback Thursday from the Quinter Historical Society. In late 1957 - early 1958, Quinter was moving to "dial" telephones. It was necessary to reassign some phone numbers. Here's a list of some of these changes. How many names do you recognize from this list?Please leave a comment, and free free to share this post.

11/23/2023

It's Throwback Thursday from The Quinter Historical Society. This picture takes us back quite a ways. This picture is Main Street, looking north. It's easy to see the present "Way out Wezt" building on the NW corner of 4th and Main, complete with an outside staircase and wrap around windows. North of that building is the current Historical Society Building and The "Clothes Like New" Building. Of interest is the "Racket Store" on the far left. An internet search as to the meaning of this term revealed that this is another term for a general store. The term apparently was used in North Carolina. As many earlier settlers were from southern Virginia, perhaps they brought the idea of a "Racket Store" to Quinter. The last mention of the "Racket Store: in Quinter was in 1916, when it was being converted to a short order cafe. What can you add to this picture? Please leave us a comments, and feel free to share this post.

11/16/2023

It's Throwback Thursday from The Quinter Historical Society! The Wayback Machine has taken us back to January 1957. Quinter Schools now has a lunch room and a hot lunch program. Meals are 25 cents for grade schoolers, and thirty cents for high school students and adults. High school students desiring a hot lunch walked to the grade school for their meal. What are your memories of the school cafeteria? Please leave us your comments, and feel free to share this post.