The Holt County Historical Society was organized in 1972 to preserve the heritage of Holt County Missouri for future generations. Properties owned by the organization include:

The 5 acre former Fortescue School grounds located on Route P at the north edge of Fortescue features a historic two-story brick school built in 1906 from bricks fired on the site.

 

The John C. Hinkle Farmstead, a gift from Mark and Cynthia Roupe, is located about 2 miles south of Fortescue. The 3 acre plot has an 1869 brick Gothic home, a four room frame house built in the late 1800's, a smokehouse, barn and other outbuildings.

 

The former Methodist Church in Fortescue was built in Craig in 1896.  After a fire destroyed the  Fortescue church, it was moved from Craig to Fortescue in 1953.   United Methodist congregation in 1997. The historic frame building, with beautiful stained glass windows, houses the Society library along with collections of newspapers, obituary and family histories, school and military records, and many artifacts.