White Cloud in Doniphan County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Wilbur Chapman

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 29, 2011

1. Wilbur Chapman Marker

Inscription.
In White Cloud 25 years ago Wilbur Chapman, a 10 year old boy raised and sold a pig 'Pete' to help support a leper boy. His example started the Pig Bank Movement. 100,000 banks have been distributed to date. 'Feeding' these banks is helping rid the world of leprosy and is carrying out Christ's Command: "Cleanse the Lepers"

This plaque is placed here to commemorate that worthy event by the Friends of the American Mission to Lepers, Inc.

Erected May 1938

Erected 1938 by Friends of the American Mission to Lepers.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1938.

Location. 39° 58.663′ N, 95° 17.766′ W. Marker is in White Cloud, Kansas, in Doniphan County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 202 Main Street, White Cloud KS 66094, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: July 10, 1804 (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Glacial Hills Scenic Byway (about 600 feet away); The Lewis and Clark Expedition

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(about 600 feet away); Homeland of the Kanza Indians (about 700 feet away); "the water…contains a half…Glass of ooze" (about 700 feet away); Point of Beginning, Public Land Surveys of the Sixth Principal Meridian (approx. 2.4 miles away in Nebraska); Kansas & Nebraska: From Wilderness to Statehood (approx. 2.4 miles away); The Cast Iron Monument (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in White Cloud.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 29, 2011

2. Wilbur Chapman Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 29, 2011

3. Wilbur Chapman Marker

Looking north

Wilbur Chapman Relief on Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 29, 2011

4. Wilbur Chapman Relief on Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 19, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,301 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 19, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.