# Event Details

- **Event Name**: HISTORY HIGHLIGHT TOURS: Feeding America - 1920s Truck Farming
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 08 Aug, 2026 at 10:30 am – Sat, 08 Aug, 2026 at 11:30 am
- **Event Description**: FREE ADMISSION WITH YOUR JOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY CARD!

Explore unique stories of American life in a 1920s Kansas town with our special History Highlights Tour Series – and this month’s theme is FEEDING AMERICA: 1920S TRUCK FARMING! 

What is Truck Farming? Is it a farm that grows trucks? On this tour, you’ll find out!  Explore the farming industry that fed Kansas City’s industrial revolution and sent food across America! Tour includes a deep-dive into the working farm garden and the ground–breaking (pun intended!) innovations that farmers used across eastern Kansas!  

Tour starts August 8th promptly at 10:30am. Tour is included with General Museum Admission (admission rates can be found on www.ShawneeTown.org).  FREE ADMISSION WITH A JOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY CARD 10AM-12PM! Card sign-ups will also be available to all! Tours are designed for adults and kids 5th grade and higher. No RSVPs and space is first–come first–serve, so come early to claim your spot. 

**Friends of Shawnee Town Members are entitled to FREE general admission (based on their Membership Level).   

DON'T MISS OUR FINAL DATE! 

    August 22 – Tour with the Director!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shawnee/history-highlight-tours-feeding-america-1920s-truck-farming/200030186845823
- **Event Categories**: kids
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 29

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Shawnee
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 11501 W 57th St, Shawnee, KS, United States, Kansas 66203
- **lat**: 39.02525
- **long**: -94.72021
- **full address**: 11501 W 57th St, Shawnee, KS, United States, Kansas 66203

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is HISTORY HIGHLIGHT TOURS: Feeding America - 1920s Truck Farming being held?
  - **A:** HISTORY HIGHLIGHT TOURS: Feeding America - 1920s Truck Farming takes place on Sat, 08 Aug, 2026 at 10:30 am to Sat, 08 Aug, 2026 at 11:30 am at 11501 W 57th St, Shawnee, KS, United States, Kansas 66203.
- **Q**: Who is organizing HISTORY HIGHLIGHT TOURS: Feeding America - 1920s Truck Farming?
  - **A:** HISTORY HIGHLIGHT TOURS: Feeding America - 1920s Truck Farming is organized by Shawnee Town 1929.

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