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...
Driving through Miltonvale Kansas it’s hard to miss the St Peter’s Catholic Church where it currently sits out in a field. But it wasn’t always there. In fact it actually came from...
Talks of the need for a new schoolhouse were mustering in early 1900. County Superintendent M. Lavinia Sterrett announced an auction on October 10, 1903 to sell the District 57 schoolhouse. Half of...
Table of Contents ToggleZarah Hotel 1925-1972Zarah Mall 1978-PresentLofts at the ZarahGallery Below of Zarah Hotel Zarah Hotel 1925-1972 Referred to as Hotel Zarah or Zarah Hotel, this historic...
Table of Contents ToggleElk City High SchoolElk City Elementary School2011 Elk City High School FireGallery Below of Elk City School (Featured Image Credit to Peri Moritz Flickr 2008) Elk City High...
The Boulevard Plaza in Wichita is a sad reality of what has happened to shopping centers across the Midwest for decades. But before it became what it is now, read any comments about the Boulevard...
In 1903, the Kansas Legislature authorized the Cottonwood Falls School District to issue $8,000 in bonds to build a new grade school. However, when project estimates came in at $10,000, the community...
I’ve researched a few race tracks/speedways in my time, but this one unfortunately didn’t result in much. This small racetrack known as the Pfister Park Midget Track was built in the...
Table of Contents ToggleMarion County Poor Farm 1888-1950Cedar Rest Home 1953-1962Cedar Villa Restaurant and Lodge 1967-1970Hendricks Family Home 1973-2015Gallery Below of Marion County Poor Farm...
Table of Contents ToggleHome National Bank – Longton 1918-1934Home State Bank – Longton 1934-1992Bank RobberiesBank Closure 1992Restoration 2022Gallery Below of Home State Bank –...
Table of Contents ToggleJeremiah B. Cook Mansion 1886-1933Fritz Funeral Home 1933-1946Miller Funeral Home 1946-1971Bates Funeral Home /Sperry Funeral Home/Sperry-McConnell-Bath Funeral Home ~1972...
Table of Contents ToggleFifth Avenue Hotel 1922Stamey Hotel 1923-1957Landmark Hotel Apartments 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...
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