The idea for the St. Johns Salina Hospital was pitched by Rev. Father Maher of the Sisters of St. Joseph who then brought the idea to other non-Catholic citizens of Salina who agreed there was a need...
Table of Contents To Read More And See Exclusive Pictures of White Lakes Mall Click Here to Order ‘Abandoned Topeka: Psychiatric Capital of the World’White Lakes Mall Through the YearsClosingFire and...
Table of Contents Douglas DC-3 “Skysleeper”Douglas DC-4Convair 240 “Big Sky One”Cessna PlanesGallery Below of Airplane Graveyard Never in my life had I ever come across...
To Read More And See More Pictures Click Here to Order ‘Abandoned Topeka: Psychiatric Capital of the World’ 1880-1935 Sumner Schools History The first Sumner school was built around 1875 as a one...
Anton Philip Sauer immigrated to Kansas City from New York in 1868. Originally from Hessen Germany, the wealthy entrepreneur spent his younger days traveling all over South America and other...
Table of Contents To Read More And See More Pictures Click Here to Order ‘Abandoned Topeka: Psychiatric Capital of the World’Security Benefit AssociationMenninger Sanitarium (East Campus)Menninger...
Table of Contents Roller Coaster/The Nightmare:Whacky Shack:Skycoaster:The Log Jam:Ferris Wheel:DODGEM — Classic Bumper Cars:Frontier Town:Porky the Paper Eater:Louie The...
The small town of Bavaria sounds like something you would run across in Germany rather than Kansas. That’s because its name originates from Germany. Once a bustling town it boasted a brand new...
Table of Contents Wyandot Swim ClubKansas City Beach ClubGallery Below of Wyandot Swim Club Wyandot Swim Club Once a luxury swim club is now a derelict memory of what it used to be. The vision for...
Driving down a dirt or gravel road, a wheat field on one side, cornfield on the other and prairie grass for miles ahead. Inevitably if you drive long enough you’re bound to come across a few...
The small town of Furley Kansas was sitting at a population of 200 in 1911. Gene Merrill felt the city was in need of a bank and decided to be the head organizer for an institution. With help from...
Table of Contents Kansas State Office BuildingDocking BuildingDemiseGallery Below of the Docking Building Throughout the 1940s and early 50s state agencies were housed within the State Capitol...
This Arkansas City depot was a part of the Midland Valley, Western District Division of the Texas & Pacific Railway. In August 1917 E.L. Kingsbury, the agent for the Midland Valley Railroad...
The Frederick Jail is an amazingly preserved example of a single cell jail from the early 1900s. These small jails were typically made of concrete, built to last decades and deter the most...
The Loy School was birthed when a local farmer by the name of Robert Loy donated a parcel of his farmland on October 17, 1891 for the purpose of building a school. The limestone schoolhouse was named...
The Phyllis Wheatley Wichita Childrens Home was organized by Elsie Miller and the Federated Womens’ Club, a group of selfless and caring women that wanted to provide a safe place for African...
The Holcomb depot that sits out in a field in Bucklin, Kansas is only a shell of what it used to be. Once bustling with activity it now gathers dust and dirt from the plains. The start of this depot...
The brand new Crestline School of District 28 was officially dedicated on October 14, 1921. The cornerstone was laid months before by the Board consisting of C.W. Edmonds, J.G. Milner, and R.H...
Dating back over 140 years the infamous Stull Church got its start. Erected in 1867 under the efforts and direction of Rev. D.R. Zellner and Rev. C. Berner. After raising the needed funds, the...
During the school election of April 1911, a new school building was discussed and decided this is a need that needed to be addressed soon. The nearby towns of Sylvia, Turon and Pretty Prairie had all...
The jail that now sits at the Albany Historical Society site is that of the old Sabetha Jail. Saved from being lost forever it now sits on a complex of other saved historic buildings for the public...
Built around 1912 the first time Utica Jail shows up in newspapers was December 28, 1912 in the Ness County Newspaper with the following: Frank McKinney of Gove County who broke out of the Utica jail...
Table of Contents Drinkwater & Schriver Flour Mill 1875-1923Arnold Brunner Mill 1923-1941Ray Crofoot Feed Mill 1941-1970sDr. Bruce McMullen 1988-2015Restoration Drinkwater & Schriver Flour...
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