Due to Covid-19 meeting restrictions in place at the Hutchinson Public Library, there will be no RCGS meetings during 2020. The next meeting for anyone interested in Reno County genealogy will be held in 2021. More information will follow.

Our ancestors who chose to settle in Reno County were a hearty lot. In 1871 and 1872 when they began to arrive, there was nothing of civilization to be found. A small one-room school was begun by Miss Jennie Hodgson in a small building with wooden planks set over barrels for student desks. A few…