Marshall County Museum Research Library - Marysville, Kansas Marshall County Historical Society's Marshall County Museum is in a beautiful 1891 former County Courthouse in Marysville, Kansas. When a new courthouse was built next door in the 1970s, the courthouse was donated to the Society, rather than being demolished. It is a very handsome building and still has the large courtroom intact, just waiting to be a set for a period movie. The courtroom is used for weddings, plays, mock trials, and meetings. The museum slowly grew until in now has rooms of exhibits. The exhibit which I found the most interesting was a room devoted to the Marysville Advocate, which has been the community newspaper since 1885. There is also something cool about 19th century courtrooms/ We visited the museum by appointment on a weekend when it is usually closed, and as a nice gesture, which I think is also done for others, Dixie Talbot of the Historical Society arranged for some ears of corn to be left on the ground east of the Courthouse to attract squirrels and we had the opportunity to photograph the famous black squirrels which Marysville is known for. Marysville has many 5' fiberglass squirrels from the Black
Squirrels on Parade dedicated to the town's mascots. 36 were erected in
2016. Those were renovated and more added in a second parade in 2022 and
there are now 51 statues around town.
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