Piedmont Kansas is a small town compared to say Piedmont Oklahoma. But this now tiny town is rich with history, history that needs to be documented. The Piedmont Christian Church, although now...
Piedmont Kansas is a small town compared to say Piedmont Oklahoma. But this now tiny town is rich with history, history that needs to be documented. The Piedmont Christian Church, although now...
The building I now know to be Highland School District No. 16, gave me a run for my money to research. While the date of this building being built isn’t exactly certain the school district...
The brand-new Lafontaine High School was announced in August of 1922 with an estimated price tag of $15,000. The bond passed with flying colors for a brick state-of-the-art building to serve the town...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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