The Finney County Historical Society’s next pair of free public lectures in Garden City will tell the story of the ill-fated Soule Canal, a 96-mile irrigation ditch dug across Ford and Gray Counties in the 1880s by patent elixir promoter Asa T. Soule. “Soule’s Folly” is scheduled at noon March 9 and again at 7 p.m. March 15 in the Mary Regan Conference Room at the Finney County Historical Museum, 403 S. Fourth Street, adjacent to Lee Richardson Zoo. The program will be presented by Howard Koehn of Montezuma. Those attending should use the north entrance of the museum and are welcome to bring their own lunch or dinner, if desired. The host organization will provide cookies and beverages.