A national grant will help fund an organization dedicated to the history of Monticello Township. The self-funded, all volunteer Monticello Community Historical Society received a $3,000 grant from the Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area. The society runs mostly on fundraisers and donations. The society’s museum in an old fire station on 83rd Street — straddling the city lines between Lenexa and Shawnee — highlights artifacts and stories about the former Johnson County township, which was annexed by Lenexa and Shawnee in 1988.
Source: Prairie Village Post
