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...
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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...
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...
Cedar Vale Manor In the small town of Cedar Vale Kansas lies a few buildings on our website, one of those being the Cedar Vale Jail and another being this location, the Cedar Vale Manor / Cedar Vale...
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...
Prairie Oil & Gas Company Office The Prairie Oil and Gas Company was a large competitor of Sinclair, and was founded in 1900. During its initial four years, the Prairie Oil and Gas...
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...
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