May 18, 1996
Torch Bearers
Charles Dow, Local Community Hero
Emily Bergkamp • Michael Goff
Amanda Crouse • Shaunta Lolar
Greg Gann • Trisha Morgan
Jenny Graham • Brooke Snowden
Nick Gilliland • Chad Taylor
100th Anniversary of the . . . — — Map (db m60510) HM
"Robert Docking was a constant -- a man with Kansas qualities: plain spoken, affable, optimistic, strongly loyal and committed to family, friendship, community and public service. Enduring qualities."
Governor of the State of Kansas 1967 to . . . — — Map (db m60511) HM
Engine 2542 was built in 1910 by the American Locomotive Company in Pittsburgh, PA., for the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway. In 1929, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway purchased the KCM & O Line and assigned this engine to the . . . — — Map (db m60487) HM
Dedicated to
the many thousands who pioneered
The Cherokee Strip
September 16, 1893
Thousands gathered in this area to start a
new frontier, six million acres of Cherokee
Indian land was opened to homesteaders.
Tension, danger . . . — — Map (db m60486) HM
Owners
S. H. Jennings: 1901-1918
F. M. Benson: 1918-1920
Andrew Wilson: 1920-1941
E. H. Ruppelius: 1941-1974
Dorothy Fisher: 1974-1978
Joseph & Elizabeth Sears: 1978-1994
Elizabeth Sears Trust: 1994-
Occupants
Unknown: . . . — — Map (db m60528) HM
This corner marks the spot where in 1869 Colonel E. C. Manning placed the stake from which the City of Winfield was laid out. The first building in Winfield, Colonel Winfield's old log store, stood on this corner. In 1885, Henry Goldsmith . . . — — Map (db m60527) HM
*Barr, Allan USMC • Bartlett, Gary USA • Bistok, Joe USA • *Bradford, Allen USA • Brass, Steve USMC • Brooks, Michael USA • Bugbee, Rod USA • Clinton, Dewitt USA • Dial, Craig USA • Dial, Keith USA • Duckworth, Bill USMC • Filbert, Charles USA • . . . — — Map (db m229892) WM
