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...
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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. Originally from Hessen Germany, the wealthy entrepreneur spent his younger days traveling all over South America and other...
Table of Contents ToggleMenninger Sanitarium (East Campus)Menninger Clinic (West Campus)Gallery Below of Menninger Clocktower Before there was Menningers there was Security Benefit Association which...
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...
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Gallery Below of Oak Mills Jail
On May 26th, 1949 the citizens of Walnut were invited to the grand opening of the brand new St. Patricks Auditorium. An all-day bazaar was advertised in the local newspaper with dinner at 12 pm...
In 1916 Wayside was approved for a new brick one-story school that included a basement and modern facilities. The space was used for community events, suppers, reunions, weddings, etc and continued...
Libert School was constructed in 1929 as a one-story brick school that was rather long including the gymnasium inside. The school still has the old wooden merry-go-round, monkey bars and swings out...
The long-neglected and vandalized Longfellow Grade School was constructed in 1955 to replace the former Longfellow School that sat on the same property. The new school opened for classes after the...
The Big John School also known as Lower Big John School (there was also an Upper Big John) is one of the greatest examples I have ever seen of existing small schoolhouses in the Midwest. Located in...
The beautiful brick building that you see today sitting in the small town of Preston covered in vines and hidden by towering trees was constructed in 1921 as the Preston School. It didn’t...
Barber School District No. 82 was formed in July of 1871 by the county superintendent. It was comprised of portions of Districts 15, 40 and 8. Citizens quickly got to work on issuing bonds for a...
This building sits alone, vacant and abandoned on the outskirts of Fort Scott. While the building itself history is little to none that could be found it is a part of history much bigger, that of the...
The Ravanna School was built in late 1888, it was a two-story, stone building that would serve the community. By November twenty-one men had been employed to work on the new educational facility and...
Table of Contents ToggleSunflower Ordnance WorksSunflower Army Ammunition PlantGallery & Video Below of Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant Sunflower Ordnance Works Starting originally as the...
Prior to this building being constructed another one existed “on the old Fair Ground Road”. In January 1909 a boy discovered the Guinn School house in flames with the cause of origin...
Joseph C. Smith Sr. and Mary Francis Burt Smith had decided that Wellington Kansas would be the place they settled down to have and raise their children. Mary had birthed four children Edwin, Joseph...
Much isn’t known about the Dorrance Drug Store, from what we could find it was built prior to 1908. The store can be seen in the picture above next to the Dorrance Post Office which accompanied...
Table of Contents ToggleSedgwick County Poor Farm Infirmary 1926-1930Sedgwick County Tuberculosis Sanitorium 1931-1945Sunflower School Inc Christian Day and Boarding School 1946-1950Wichita Eagles...
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