Local history of Ogallala, irrigation in new exhibit at El Quartelejo Museum | Scott County Record

Sunday Siomades, an intern with the Kansas Geological Survey, cuts the ribbon to open the new Ogallala Aquifer and irrigation exhibit that she assisted in creating at the El Quartelejo Museum. (Record Photo)

Dr. Blair Schneider stands by a four-foot stratigraphic column that she created as part of the Ogallala exhibit at the El Quartelejo Museum. It shows the soil structure below Scott City and the history of the depleting aquifer. (Record Photo)

Pat Ryan (left) and GMD No. 1 director Katie Durham visit at one of the irrigation, aquifer interactive displays at the El Quartelejo Museum. (Record P hoto)

Local history of Ogallala, irrigation in new exhibit at El Quartelejo Museum

Thu, 08/21/2025 - 8:38pm

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