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LA CROSSE — The Rush County Historical Society and Kansas Barbed Wire Museum will host the annual Old-Fashioned Christmas from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23 in La Crosse.

Visitors can browse the five museums: the Historical Museum in the 19th Century Timken Depot; the Post Rock Museum, one of the seven wonders of Kansas Customs; the Nekoma Bank Museum, a restored 1916 rural bank; the Pleasant Point School Museum; and Kansas Barbed Wire Museum.

There will be live musical performances including piano and organ. Visitors can enjoy hot cider, homemade cookies and popcorn, or roast their own marshmallows over an open fire. There will be a make-it and take-it crafts section for kids to make an old-fashioned toy to take home.

Free horse-drawn wagon rides will be available from 6 to 8 pm, weather permitting.

A Civil War-era Army Post Surgeon sponsored by Sternberg Museum will make a return visit to talk about some of the unique naturalist activities of Post Surgeons including fossil collecting and studying environmental issues.

There will be one-night only displays in the recently restored Pleasant Point One-Room School Museum. Restoration of the school has been completed and visitors will have the opportunity for a sneak peek before the school’s official dedication next May. The century-old school is a time capsule of early 20th century rural education with nearly all of its original furnishings and books.

The events begin at 6 p.m. Friday at the museum campus on the south edge of La Crosse on West First Street. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit the museum on Facebook, on the web at www.rushcounty.org/RCHS or call 785-222-2808.