We’ve Moved!

17/06/16 at 1.34pm   /   by kanewyoming   /   0 Comment

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Good news!  The Lovell-Kane Area Museum has successfully moved!  Our new location is 354 Oregon Ave.  Turn the corner off Main Street and head past the Chamber towards the Lovell Library.  We are on the left.

For the better part of this past week Museum board members and volunteers have worked hard to box up and move items into our new Museum building!  Wednesday evening was a wonderful effort.  So many individuals came to our aid in moving our 6 large display cases!  Those cases were custom  built for the museum and were a source of concern in the move.  The Board members are so grateful for their help.

We cannot begin to tell you how happy we all are to have our “very own museum.”  We now have space to spread out and continue collecting and displaying valuable pieces of the local history.

Kane Bus Tour

15/09/14 at 7.40pm   /   by kanewyoming   /   0 Comment

The Lovell-Kane Area Museum’s Annual Kane Bus Tour* will be Saturday, September 26th!

This 4 hour tour will take you to Kane, M L Ranch, John Blue Cabin, and Kane/Ionia Cemetery.

We will meet at the Big Horn Visitor Center, National Park Service on Hwy 14A at 10.00 a.m.

Bring a sack lunch. Water will be provided. Bring a jacket and wear walking shoes.

Learn about the pioneers of the area on this fun and educational tour.  Come join us!

Tickets: $15.00

* A release must be signed before boarding the bus.

Tickets can be purchased at:

Lovell Chamber/Lovell-Kane Museum (307 548-7552)

Homesteader Museum, Powell (307 754-9481).

Or you may call Karen Spragg (307 548-7212 or 307 272-0959)

Rich Fink (307 548-2965 or 307 272-1931)

Sharie Loegering (307 548-7002)

Kane Cemetery Clean Up Day

15/05/08 at 7.41pm   /   by kanewyoming   /   0 Comment

National Park Service News Release

KANE CEMETERY CLEAN UP DAY SET FOR SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015
In 1965 with the Yellowtail Dam nearing completion, the Bureau of Reclamation thought that a full capacity Bighorn Lake would flood the town of Kane. They condemned the land and many families were forced to move, taking with them hard feelings toward the government and leaving behind few physical reminders of the town. One of those reminders is the Kane/Ionia Cemetery, now part of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area.

While some families continued to visit the cemetery, for the most part it had been forgotten until it was maliciously vandalized in November of 2009. This incident increased awareness and interest in the local community and inspired the first Kane Cemetery clean-up day in 2012. Since then, many improvements have been made to the site including new signs, a new gate, and a walk through gate.

May 16 is this year’s Kane clean-up day. Bighorn Canyon staff would like to invite all who are interested in the history and preservation of the Kane/Ionia Cemetery to join us to help maintain this site. We will be pulling weeds, picking up trash and tidying up. Volunteers should bring a potluck lunch item to share, gloves, water, good shoes, and appropriate outer gear for the weather. The group will meet at the Bighorn Canyon Visitor Center at 9 A.M. After volunteer forms are completed, the group will carpool out to the cemetery. At noon the group will return to the visitor center for a potluck lunch, reminiscing and storytelling.

Thank you all for your help!!!