
Winter Lecture Series | Farmbook: 19th C. Newspapers as Social Media at Old Cowtown Museum
DATE & TIME
January 24, 2026
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2:00 pm
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$3
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Winter Lecture Series | Farmbook: 19th C. Newspapers as Social Media at Old Cowtown Museum
January 24, 2026
@
2:00 pm
Farmbook: 19th Century Newspapers As Social Media
Elizabeth Ernst Miller, OCM Interpreter
Elizabeth Ernst Miller, OCM Interpreter
January 24, 2026
2- 3 p.m. in the Old Cowtown Museum’s Visitor Center
2- 3 p.m. in the Old Cowtown Museum’s Visitor Center
From lengthy screeds by anonymous posters complaining about politics to dubious medical and parenting advice, 19th-century newspapers such as the Kansas Farmer show that there is nothing new under the sun, and yes, we have always been “like this.”
Admission for lectures is just $3/person. Old Cowtown members and volunteers get in free!


