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Centennial School District No. 85

Centennial School District No. 85

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...

antelope school - District No. 30

Antelope School – District No. 30

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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Culver State Bank Vault

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...

J.J. Shimek House

Shimek House

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...

silkville school

Silkville School Dist. No 88

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...

Seward Jail

Seward Jail

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...

hope jail

Hope Jail

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...

Doctor W.B. Jones Home

Doctor W.B. Jones Home

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...

Topeka State Hospital

Topeka State Hospital

To Read A Fully Detailed History, Former Patient/Staff Stories, and See 50+ Exclusive High-Quality Pictures of this Location Click Here to Order ‘Abandoned Kansas: Healthcare in the...

Big John School

Big John School District No. 39

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...

preston school

Preston School

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

Barber School District No. 82

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...

southern bell telephone building

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Station

The Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. 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...

Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant

Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant

Sunflower Ordnance Works Starting originally as the Sunflower Ordnance Works and would eventually become the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, this plant was a city of its own. Spreading across over...

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