It all started when ...

In January 2003, upon completion of a winter restoration project of a 1935 Oliver two-row, wire-check corn planter, I stumbled upon several old cloth, seed-corn sacks that my grandfather, Joe Kenkel, and my father, George Kenkel, had accumulated in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Three of these sacks were from Shelby County companies. This intrigued me since Shelby County has been my home for my entire life. Upon further investigation, I never imagined there would be eighteen corn companies and thirty-four different sacks from Shelby County. More ...

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Open by appointment Friday, June 1, 2018 through Saturday, September 1, 2018. Contact Steve Kenkel 712-579-1320 or email.

Admission to the Museum is free will donation. All proceeds go to Ovarian Cancer Research, the Colleen's Dream Foundation.