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 ToggleTo 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...
Table of Contents ToggleDouglas 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 to establish his estate, the Sauer Castle. Originally from Hessen Germany, the wealthy entrepreneur spent his younger days traveling...
Table of Contents ToggleWATCH OUR FEATURE LENGTH FILM “The Hill That Healed Nation” BELOWMenninger Sanitarium (East Campus)Menninger Clinic (West Campus)Gallery Below of Menninger...
Table of Contents ToggleRoller Coaster/The Nightmare:Whacky Shack:Skycoaster:The Log Jam:Ferris Wheel:DODGEM — Classic Bumper Cars:Frontier Town:Porky the Paper Eater:Louie The...
Table of Contents ToggleFifth Avenue Hotel 1922Stamey Hotel 1923-1957Landmark Apartments Hotel 1957-2014Revitalization of the Meyer Landmark 2023-PresentArticle by Emily Cowan and Brenda Spencer of...
Driving through Wichita when you happen upon this building at first one might assume its an intricately designed large house. They would only discover they were wrong when they approached and saw...
Table of Contents ToggleBlue Mound Methodist ChurchBlue Mound Pentecostal ChurchGallery Below of Blue Mound Church Blue Mound Methodist Church If it weren’t for the highway that passes right by...
Centennial School District No. 85 ‘s name was derived from the fact that the first day of school held here was on the hundredth year anniversary of the meeting of the United States...
FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT TO Blaine Griggs Although it is commonly photographed, the Pleasant Green Lutheran Church or St. John Lutheran Church of Pleasant Green is hardly documented. From what little...
Article by Geary County Historical Society District 30 School or Antelope School is located in southern Geary County in a stand of evergreen trees that act as a windbreak for the little limestone...
The building you see today is not the original building of the Kansas Masonic Home but the one that replaced Robert Lawrence’s Maplewood Mansion – turned KMH after it burned to the ground...
A town having a bank is a significant milestone to meet, it shows growth, people establishing the town as a lifelong home, money flowing through it, and more. So when a group of men got together...
Table of Contents ToggleCedar Vale ManorCedar Vale Nursing CenterGallery Below of Cedar Vale Nursing Center Cedar Vale Manor In the small town of Cedar Vale Kansas lies a few buildings on our...
Presently, when you ride along the backroads of Republic County and you see the Shimek House you can only help but wonder how it looked in its prime with children running around the front yard...
The Silkville School sits on the backroads of Kansas, evidence of a different time, one mostly forgotten. Now when you usually google the Silkville School you come across the town’s history...
Table of Contents TogglePrairie Oil & Gas Company OfficeARCO Building 1969-1995Independence Corporate Office Building 1995-Gallery Below of ARCO Building Prairie Oil & Gas Company Office The...
Cruising down the back roads of Douglas County you come across some interesting and at times amazing things. The Vermilya-Boener House is one of those amazing things. Initially, it can be almost...
The small jail cell that now sits outside of Anderson County Historical Society is from the small town of Westphalia Kansas. This single cell is typical of the time period with a built-in bunk and...
According to local historian Charlie Keller he was alive when the jail was built between 1924-1926. The story behind why the jail was built offers a new explanation to why many of these small towns...
Sitting in the backyard of Mr. Palmer’s home is a single cell jail. “It came with the house when I bought three years ago. The home used to belong to the town banker.” How it ended...
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