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Piedmont Christian Church

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...

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Highland School Dist. No.16

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...

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Lafontaine High School

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...

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Union School District No. 1

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...

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Boulevard Plaza

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...

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Pfister Park Midget Track

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...

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J. B. Cook Mansion

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...

ELIE GREENHOUSE

Elie Greenhouse

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...

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Blue Mound Church

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

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...

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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...

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Cedar Vale Nursing Center

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...

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...

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