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...
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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...
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...
This abandoned homestead located seemingly out in the middle of nowhere depicts a stone engraved above a window, ‘Doctor W.B. Jones 1878’. The Doctor W.B. Jones Home belonged to William...
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