| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — 50th Anniversary of Humboldt |
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Bandstand erected 1907
commemorating
50th Anniversary of Humboldt
Plaque
presented to City of Humboldt
July 4, 1976 "Bicentennial" — Map (db m57434) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Abel Secrest |
| |
Farmer Abel Secrest
was shot by Confederates
Oct. 14, 1861
after refusing to
give up his mules. — Map (db m57471) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Aunt Polly Crosby's Cabin Site |
| | Aunt Polly Crosby, First Mother of the Church, Poplar Grove Baptist. Site of her cabin. — Map (db m57483) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Block House Recruiting Station |
| | A Block House was built here, used as a recruting station, part of Log Town. — Map (db m57482) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Civil War Monument |
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Dedicated to the Citizens of Humboldt, Kansas, past and present, who believe the strength of a community lies in its faith in God and each other, its integrity, and its commitment to freedom for all.
Humboldt, Kansas
"A Delightful Place"
"With malice toward none;
With charity for all;
With firmness in the right,
As God gives us to see the right,
Let us strive on to
finish the work we are in -"
A. Lincoln
2nd Inaugural Address
We invite you to visit the
12 . . . — Map (db m57436) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Colonel Irvine |
| | Confederate Col. Irvine invited himself to supper at the Wakefield's, sparing the house from burning. — Map (db m57480) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Colonel Orlin Thurston |
| | Commanded Allen County Troops
Found dying Secrest
Saw Mill Owner. State Senator.
Founded Newspaper.
Abolitionist. — Map (db m57472) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Confederate Soldier |
| | was shot here Oct. 14, 1861, as he tried to remove Union flag. — Map (db m57465) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — George Alexander Sweatt |
| | George A. Sweatt Park is named for Humboldt native, George Sweatt, born December 12, 1893. He graduated from Humboldt High School in 1912. Following military service in World War I, he attended Pittsburg State University from 1920 to 1922. A good student and all-around athlete, Sweatt earned a teacher's certificate and became that school's first black athlete to receive a letter in football, basketball, and track. In 1922, Sweatt began a seven-year professional baseball career in the Negro . . . — Map (db m57489) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — German Evangelical Church, 1860 |
| |
Under the brick veneer is the
framework of the original
German Evangelical Church, 1860. — Map (db m57473) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Humboldt Underground Railroad |
| | On the East Bank [of the Neosho River], escaped slaves traveled through caves and tunnels to secret Underground Railroad stations. — Map (db m57486) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — J. A. Coffey |
| | Founder of Humboldt 1857
and Coffeyville 1869 — Map (db m57469) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Kate Burnett |
| | Kate Burnett saved $25,000 in land warrants by hiding them in tall grass behind Land Office. — Map (db m57463) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Neosho River Log Town |
| | Among scrub oaks along the Neosho [River], log town housed soldiers of the Kansas 9th — Map (db m57466) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — O'Brien's Mill |
| | Home Guard quartered
at O'Brien's Mill.
Confederate soldiers
burned the mill. — Map (db m57487) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Sad Saga of Vegetarian Creek — .7M South Turn Left |
| | In Mid-March, 1856, the first emigrants of the Vegetarian Settlement Company set out for the Neosho River Valley in Kansas Territory. Henry S. Clubb promoted Kans. Terr. as a permanent home for believers in Vegetarianism, hydropahty, and abstinence from alcohol, tobacco, tea, coffee, and fowl and dairy products. Farms of 102 acres, radiating from an Octagon-shaped center were planned. Clubb's promises of streets, grist-mill, sawmill, and temporary housing for the 60 families (some 150 . . . — Map (db m57499) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Sophia Fussman |
| | During burning of Humboldt, Sophia Fussman saved valuables on a feather bed thrown down her well. — Map (db m57470) HM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Veterans Memorial |
| | Lest We Forget
Those Who Serve
[Armed Forces and POW/MIA Emblems] — Map (db m57430) WM |
| Kansas (Allen County), Humboldt — Walter Johnson Birth Site |
| | On November 6, 1887, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Walter Perry Johnson was born on this farm site. In 1901, he moved with his family into the town of Humboldt. During a career with the Washington Senators from 1907 to 1927, he became famous for his fastball and his sterling character.
Hank Thomas
Grandson and Author
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[Concrete baseball diamond pad]
[Pitchers mound]
Frank & Minnie Johnson family farm
Effie, Walter, Earl, & Leslie . . . — Map (db m57497) HM |
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