Many Kansas towns originated as potential railroad centers. Three miles west of this marker Arkalon was founded in 1888 at the Cimarron river crossing of the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska railway, a part of the Rock Island. Town lots were cheap, and . . . — — Map (db m223938) HM
The importance of railroads to the early settlement and prosperity of the West is nowhere better illustrated than in the stories of two Seward county towns. Fargo Springs, founded in 1885 about three miles south of here, was the first town . . . — — Map (db m78811) HM
R. J. Leete, Liberal, Kansas Jaycee President in 1950, issued a challenge to Vicar Ronald Collins of Olney, England to turn his 500-year-old race into an international event....thus beginning a Shrove Tuesday tradition of peace, goodwill and . . . — — Map (db m65682) HM
Dedicated to the Men and Women who served our country at the Liberal Army Air Base from April of 1943 thru September of 1946 — — Map (db m214274) HM WM
Founded by
Liberal Women's Club
1904
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This Edifice
erected to the memory of the
U.S. Armed Forces of Seward
County Kansas who served in
World War I, II, and . . . — — Map (db m65681) WM
Approximately four-tenths of a mile south of this fountain and marker on Seymour S. Rogers' homestead was the original hand-dug well which gave Liberal its name.
In 1885 Rogers began offering free water from this well to settlers and . . . — — Map (db m65696) HM
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this replica of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty . . . — — Map (db m88499) HM
October Tenth The memorial tree planted nearby is dedicated by the Rock Island in affectionate memory of Joseph B. Smalley who by his industry courage and loyalty through every vicissitude signally aided in the development of the . . . — — Map (db m213812) HM
Dedicated to all
Seward County military personnel
killed or missing in action overseas
World War I
Charles Maxwell ∙ Alfred Lane ∙ Lawrence M. Wimmer ∙ Lee Larner ∙ Tommy Beecher ∙ George W. Thompson . . . — — Map (db m80812) WM
With faith in God, she built a home for her family in the wilderness; she overcame loneliness with tenderness, she set an example for all of us by her perseverance & steadfastness
[Dedicated] May 30, 1961 — — Map (db m65671) HM
Dedicated to the memory of
those who offered their lives
in the service of our country
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In memory of
David Rathkey
Maidenhead, Berkshire, England;
Stephen Driscoll
New York City Fire Department;
Lenny . . . — — Map (db m65687) WM
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, with 36 soldiers and Father Juan de Padilla, marched north from the Rio Grande valley in the spring of 1541. Coronado's objective was the land of Quivira, described to the Spaniards as a fabulously wealthy kingdom . . . — — Map (db m55274) HM