Columbus in Cherokee County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Clock Tower

"Dedicated to Veterans of All Wars"

Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 7, 2010

1. Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

1919 • Donated thru civic contributions Mrs. C.E. Bartlett, Chairperson
1955 • Removed from old courthouse
1983 • Rediscovered & refurbished by Mr. Starr Smith
1988 • Donated & rededicated to all Cherokee County Veterans by Starr & Eugenia Smith

"We pledge to give your work of love
the care and appreciation it deserves"
Cherokee County Citizens

Erected 1988 by Starr & Eugenia Smith and Cherokee County Citizens.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World I • Women.

Location. 37° 10.242′ N, 94° 50.611′ W. Marker is in Columbus, Kansas, in Cherokee County. Memorial is at the intersection of Maple Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Maple Street. Marker is inside the base of the clock tower, near the NW corner of the Cherokee County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 110 West Maple Street, Columbus KS 66725, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Columbus State Bank 100th Anniversary (within shouting

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distance of this marker); Robert Alexander Long (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Three-Way Interlocking Crossing (approx. ¼ mile away); The History of Columbus (approx. 0.8 miles away); 1932 Plymouth 0-6-0 Switch Engine (approx. 7½ miles away); Southern Pacific Bay Window Caboose (approx. 7½ miles away); Missouri Pacific Wooden Frame Depot (approx. 7½ miles away); Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge (approx. 8.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbus.

Also see . . . Cherokee County, Kansas. (Submitted on August 22, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Clock Tower image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 7, 2010

2. Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Clock Tower

Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Clock Works image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 7, 2010

3. Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Clock Works

Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Clock Tower Works image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 7, 2010

4. Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Clock Tower Works

Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Clock Maker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 7, 2010

5. Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Clock Maker

Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Clock Tower Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 7, 2010

6. Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Clock Tower Marker

Given in appreciation
to my hometown, Columbus,
and in memory of my parents,
Emory and Lyda Youngman

Harold D. Youngman, Estella Youngman

Copy of Newspaper Article about Starr Smith and Clock image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 7, 2010

7. Copy of Newspaper Article about Starr Smith and Clock

On window of clock tower.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 3, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 982 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on August 22, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.