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BCHS program looks at ‘Broadway Beauties’
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Courtesy photo Toddlers Jack and Patty Russell play on their rocking horses in front of their grandfather, R. C. “Coe” Russell’s home on Broadway about 1940. The home of Ezekiel and Anna McBride is pictured in the background.

The Barton County Historical Society will host their monthly program meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, April 18, at the museum.  Justin Engleman will present the program, “Broadway Beauties,” and feature many of the historic homes on Great Bend’s Broadway Avenue.

The program will feature historic as well as contemporary photographs of these residences, as well as their occupants. The earliest featured home was built about 1875 by G. Louis Brinkman for his bride. The latest featured home was built in 1926 by the grandson of Amasa C. Moses, one of the first residents of Barton County.

Engleman has discovered several local families who had multiple family members living on Broadway and will discuss these relationships and how these people contributed to the building of early-day Great Bend. At least two of the homes are presently occupied by the second owners of the homes, with each of the houses being at least 100 years old.

The Barton County Historical Society Museum & Village is located just south of the Arkansas River bridge at 85 South U.S. 281, Great Bend. Hours at 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.