The Lyons Historical Society was organized in 1973 by Dorothy Paxton who had moved here from Sterling. The organization was started to save the old historic Lyons train depot that was built the summer of 1885 by Mark W. Boyd of Longmont, and owned by the Denver, Utah & Pacific Railroad. It was described as the "handsomest depot building north of Denver" in the newspapers. In 1973 the Depot was threatened to be torn down or taken apart stone by stone and reassembled in another area of Colorado.

The newly formed Historical Society was not going to allow that to happen, so they proceed to get clear title, put the ownership in the name of the town, and carry out the restoration. The building was nominated for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places and was approved by the National Park Service in December 1974. This building is now the Lyons Depot Library.

Then in 1976 the 1881 school building was threatened. This time with Mrs. LaVern McConnell Johnson at the helm, the school was saved and was restored to become the Lyons Redstone Museum.

After sanding, cleaning, patching, plastering, painting, refinishing the floors, insulating, grading, sodding, and the installation of a cinderblock wall and a new hearing system, the building has been restored as you see it today.

Funds for restoration have been obtained through extensive money making projects, donations from businesses and friends, as well as the Gates, Ray Lanyon, and Adolph Coors and Boettcher Foundations; the O'Fallon Trust, and Town of Lyons. Labor has been provided by the town, school, and numerous volunteers.

Current Board Members:

LaVern Johnson, President; Maxine Harkalis, Jerry Johnson, and Calvin Schilling