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The Sunset Hills Historical Society (a 501 C3 entity) was formed in 2004 and shortly thereafter had offices constructed at City Hall adjacent to the Public Works office.  Their first accomplishment was the update of the History Book of Sunset Hills for the 50th Anniversary of the City.  This was augmented with the publication of a separate calendar of historic sites in the City as illustrated by Architect and resident, the late Ed Thias.  These books are still available for sale at City Hall.

This organization's primary mission is the historic preservation and storage of artifacts, chronicling of historical information pertinent to the area and identification of pertinent historic sites in the City.  They have readily become known with several local organizations (such as schools) via numerous presentations and programs targeted to these groups.  The Sunset Hills Historical Society have also garnered loans of items such as this extremely rare 36-star American Flag (circa 1865) as modeled by Society President (2006-2008) Joyce Franklin.  The flag is owned by Bill Hopfinger.  The Sunset Hills Historical Society is always interested in hearing from those who might have input or items they would like to loan or donate to the organization.

The Sunset Hills Historical Society meet on the fourth Monday at City Hall and have notable speakers routinely lined up as the main focus of their meeting agenda.  These meetings are open to the general public and participation is always warmly received.

In December of 2009 the Histoical Society inherited a research/historical library from Joella & Jacqueline Jones, longtime Sunset Hills residents.  This is a huge resource of information including genealogy and other pertinent information that dates back to the Egyptians.  The Historical Society is currently seeking volunteer(s) to organize and open this information up to the public.  For more information, call Joyce Franklin at 314-843-5649 or e-mail her at jfran1267@aol.com.