The Edwards County Historical Society had a dream to build a museum to preserve the pioneer heritage of Edwards County.
The theme of the museum when it was started was Pioneer Life in Edwards County, Kansas. "Rooms" were arranged with early settlers' furnishings and clothing in the building close to the Sod House in Midway Park. The museum complex is located in Midway Park in Kinsley, on the west edge of town at the junction of Highway 50 and Highway 56. Today the complex consists of a historical church, a museum with an enclosed sod house, antique farm machinery, and the Midway U.S.A. sign. Kinsley is located midway between New York and San Francisco.
