New Fort Osage Site Administrator & Friends of Fort Osage Update
The Friends have submitted our final paperwork to the IRS for our non profit status. Hopefully that will soon be approved and we can start fundraising for some of the projects we’d like to do. The Society of Friends of Fort Osage would like to congratulate Heather Campbell on being named the new site administrator for Fort Osage.
Fort Osage Receives Garter Donation
The Society of Friends of Fort Osage purchased these garters in the Grand Festival of Chez les Canses auction and donated them to the fort. The garters were made by Clarence Warfield and are copied from a pair in the Peabody Museum at Harvard. William Clark had received a pair as a gift from the Osage.John Peterson, the Museum Curator at Fort Osage National Historic Landmark, said that they will be added to the Osage…
Fort Osage Receives Fabric Donation
William Clark was appointed as US Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Saint Louis after the famous Lewis & Clark expedition. In a letter written in 1810, he requested cloth similar to the five fabric samples he had enclosed to be used as gifts for the tribes of Upper Missouri. The original fabrics now reside at the Museum of the Fur Trade, but two reprints of this fabric have just been donated to Fort Osage! Be…
McKenny-Hall Exhibit at Fort Osage
The curator and site administrator just finished installing a new temporary exhibit on Native Americans with ties to Fort Osage. Featured are original prints from the McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery, one of the original “coffee table books,” that brought western tribes to east coast parlors. The exhibit is up now through November 2014! Be sure to check it out!
Fort Osage Site Administrator Interviewed On KCUR’s Up To Date
Fort Osage Site Administrator, Kate Warfield was interviewed about the Grand Fete du Chez le Canses, held annually at Fort Osage National Historic Landmark, on KCUR-FM’s “Up to Date.” In addition to the Grand Fete du Chez le Canses, the program featured other fall festivals in the Kansas City area. CLICK HERE to listen to “KC’s History Of Getting Festive With Fall.” KCUR-FM 89.3 is a NPR member station located on the University of Missouri…
Band-Box Workshop at Fort Osage
These fine ladies joined Fort Osage staff and constructed a period appropriate,sewn band box, covered with historic wallpaper reprints. Thanks ladies! You dida bang-up job! We’re offering more workshops in the future, so keep an eyeopen!
Sally Bennett Receives Volunteer Award
Congratulations to Sally Bennett on receiving the 2013 Volunteer of the year award!The award was presented to Sally by Kate Warfield, Fort Osage National Historic Landmark Site Administrator, at the Jackson County Parks + Rec Volunteer Awards dinner.
Patty Plummer Receives Volunteer Award
Congratulations to Patty Plummer who received the 2012 Fort Osage Volunteer of the year award. The award was presented to her during the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 event.