In 1903, the Kansas Legislature authorized the Cottonwood Falls School District to issue $8,000 in bonds to build a new grade school. However, when project estimates came in at $10,000, the community...
In 1903, the Kansas Legislature authorized the Cottonwood Falls School District to issue $8,000 in bonds to build a new grade school. However, when project estimates came in at $10,000, the community...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In 1916 Wayside was approved for a new brick one-story school with a basement and modern facilities. The space was used for community events, suppers, reunions, weddings, etc and continued to host...
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...
Grand Valley School Driving down a dirt or gravel road, a wheat field on one side, cornfield on the other and prairie grass for miles ahead. Inevitably if you drive long enough you’re bound to...
Furley Bank Vault The small town of Furley Kansas was sitting at a population of 200 in 1911. Gene Merrill felt the city was in need of a bank and decided to be the head organizer for an institution...
This Arkansas City depot was a part of the Midland Valley, Western District Division of the Texas & Pacific Railway. In August 1917 E.L. Kingsbury, the agent for the Midland Valley Railroad...
During the school election of April 1911, a new school building was discussed and decided this is a need that needed to be addressed soon. The nearby towns of Sylvia, Turon and Pretty Prairie had all...
In 1917, Fairview had a new city jail. This came as a surprise to some residents being as the town was usually pretty quiet and somber when it came to criminal activity. A single cell cage was built...
The idea for the St. Johns Salina Hospital was pitched by Rev. Father Maher of the Sisters of St. Joseph who then brought the idea to other non-Catholic citizens of Salina who agreed there was a need...
In 1907 the first instance of White City’s needs for a jail was published, and again in a 1909 paper. It seemed White City was almost desperate for a lockup to hold those that stepped out of...
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