A project to preserve the history of South Hoisington started with a mini-grant from the Kansas Humanities Council but grew into a major undertaking for the Barton County Historical Society. The historical society has until Jan. 31 to fulfill the terms of the grant, but research on the community will continue, said Beverly Komarek, executive director of the historical society’s museum.Already, the museum has a small exhibit of maps, photos and memorabilia collected for the exhibit, “South Hoisington: Stories from the Other Side of the Tracks.”The Kansas Humanities Council’s grant was part of a national project titled “The Civil War to Civil Rights,” coordinated by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Park Service and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. In 2014, the project will celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Civil Rights Act of 1964.South Hoisington was platted but never incorporated or annexed into the city of Hoisington, said Karen Neuforth, research coordinator for the museum.