Wamego in Pottawatomie County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Pottawatomie County

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, July 1, 2010

1. Pottawatomie County Marker

Inscription. Dedicated by the women of POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY in honor of those from the county who answered their country's call and to the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War, 1914-1918

Louis W. Beard • Walter Blackledge • Ernest E. Brunkow • Robert L. Byrnes • Eli F. Dorsey • Lester Dugan • Clifford Ellis • Orville Ektchison • Wm. Fenton • James I Fitzpatrick • Clarence Gorges • Earl Gregg • Gustav Gustafson • Fred Harrington • Aloysius Helm • Joseph F. Higgins • Joseph A. Hohn • Geo W. Holm • Joe Hoy • Harold M. Johnson • Clyde F. Keeney • Floyd W. Kemp • Edwin I. McGlinchey • Ward McVicar • Fred W. Marten • Joel H. Melgren • Francis Miller • Theodore H. Olson • Guy F. Proctor • Albert Sester • Hank Schultz • Roy Swaim • Russell Taylor • Charley Trezise • Reuben I. Westling • Geo. Wingate • James Witter • Loran Woodcock • Herbert Zeillis

Erected 1923 by Women of Pottawatomie County.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Heroes • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I.

Location. 39° 12.067′ N, 96° 18.2′ W. Marker is in

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Wamego, Kansas, in Pottawatomie County. It is at the intersection of 4th Street and Ash Street, on the left when traveling east on 4th Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wamego KS 66547, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Kansas and specifically in Bleeding Kansas Border War Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: World War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 1893 Chicago World's Fair Statues (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Sand and Quartz Boulder (about 600 feet away); Old Dutch Mill (about 700 feet away); Colonel Raymond E. Morris, USAF Retired (approx. 0.2 miles away); War Memorial (approx. ¾ mile away); Fort Leavenworth - Fort Riley Military Road (approx. 4.8 miles away); The Vieux Crossing & The Military Road

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, July 1, 2010

2. Pottawatomie County Marker

(approx. 4.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wamego.

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, July 1, 2010

3. Pottawatomie County Marker

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, July 1, 2010

4. Pottawatomie County Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2010, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. This page has been viewed 970 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 3, 2010, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.