The Ma-Hush-Kah Historical Society in White Cloud, Kansas is named after Chief White Cloud of the Ioway Tribe. It owns & operates the Ma-Hush-Kah Museum.
Open by appointment.
The Ma-Hush-Kah Historical Society was formed in 1969 by members of the White Cloud community to preserve historical knowledge, buildings, and objects of White Cloud.
With leadership from individuals such as Wolf River Bob (Robert Breeze) they put down in writing what the mission and purpose of the Society would be:
"The purpose of the Society is to bring together those people interested in history, especially in the history of our community. Understanding the history of our community is basic to our democratic way of life, gives us a better understanding of our state and nation, and helps us better to appreciate our American heritage.
The Society's major function will be to discover and collect any material which may help to establish or illustrate the history of the county, its exploration, settlement, development, and activities in peace and in war, its progress in population, wealth, education, arts, science, agriculture, manufactures, trade, and transportation. It will collect printed material such as histories, genealogies, biographies, descriptions, gazetteers, directories, newspapers, pamphlets, catalogs, circulars, handbills, programs, and posters; manuscript material such as letters, diaries, journals, memoranda, reminisces, posters, service records, account books, charts, surveys, and field books books, and museum material such as pictures, photograph paintings, portraits, scenes, aboriginal relics, and material objects illustrative of life, conditions, events, and activities of the past or present.
The Society will provide for the preservation of such material and for its accessibility, as far as may be feasible to all who wish to examine or study it, co-operate with officials in insuring the preservation and accessibility of the records and archives of the county and or its cities, towns, villages, and institutions, and insure the preservation of historic buildings, monuments, and markers.
The Society will disseminate historical information and arouse interest in the past by publishing historical material in the newspapers or otherwise, by holding meetings with pageants, addresses, lectures, papers, and discussion, by marking historical buildings, sites and trails, and by using the media of radio and television to awaken public interest.
The Society will co-operate with the (state historical society, state historical commission, or state department of archives and history) to collect and preserve materials of state-wide significance so that these materials can be made available to students and scholars.
[Signed] Wolf River Bob, Lewis and Clark Trail Guide
November, 1969
White Cloud, Kansas
On the Banks of the Missouri River"
Membership dues are $10 per calendar year.
Payments are to be made payable to: Ma-Hush-Kah Historical Society
Send Payments to: Shirley Taylor, 2467 HWY 7, White Cloud, Kansas 66094
