Visitors at the Koester House Museum & Gardens often wrote notes of thanks during the 20 years that John Howard was curator there.
A women’s club from northern Riley County took the tour, and the members were lavish in their praise of the museum and the stories told by the “handsome gentleman” in charge.
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