(KAIR)--$3,000 is received by the Atchison County Historical Society, gifted earlier this month by Atchison Masonic Active Lodge #158.
The gift, a release from the historical society says, will be placed into the ACHS Endowment fund in order to earn interest which will be used "to help fund the museum into the future."
According to the release, the Masonic Lodge "organization recently closed their operations," with the historical society now "holding for future researchers copies of minutes, petitions, photos and much more," with the release noting the historical society is "presently putting together an exhibit that highlights those records in the [Atchison County Historical Society] museum," located inside the Santa Fe Depot, at 200 South 10th Street.
The release explains that "the Masonic organizations in Atchison County were part of the fabric of society in the very early days," adding that "a copy of the original articles of incorporation were executed by the Kansas Territorial government in 1860" with that original document to be part of the future display.
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