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...
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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...
Zarah Hotel 1925-1972 Referred to as Hotel Zarah or Zarah Hotel, this historic building is getting a new lease on life with a restoration underway. One that has been over a decade in the making. The...
(Featured Image Credit to Peri Moritz Flickr 2008) Elk City High School Elk City was experiencing a surge in population when it was announced that a brand new Elk City High School would be built. The...
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...
Marion County Poor Farm 1888-1950 The beginning stages of the inception of Marion County Poor Farm date back to 1887. After discussing and assessing the need, $10,000 was allotted for the purchasing...
Most of those who have traveled to the town of Longton, whether that be to visit the Longton Tiny Jail that is on our Abandoned Atlas Travel Map or for other reasons end up spotting this shell brick...
Jeremiah B. Cook Mansion 1886-1933 Jeremiah Brown Cook (1834-1921) led an extraordinary life. After serving as a cavalry commander during the Civil War, he settled in Kansas, where he established a...
Fifth Avenue Hotel 1922 Hutchinson Kansas was booming in the 1920s, with many new business ventures coming to life. One of those was a brand-new hotel that would spearhead the expansion of the...
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...
Blue Mound Methodist Church If it weren’t for the highway that passes right by the Blue Mound Church, you’d probably miss it. The community surrounding it only consists of a handful of...
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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