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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sumner County

 
Clickable Map of Sumner County, Kansas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Sumner County, KS (28) Butler County, KS (31) Cowley County, KS (9) Harper County, KS (11) Kingman County, KS (9) Sedgwick County, KS (131) Grant County, OK (1) Kay County, OK (37)  SumnerCounty(28) Sumner County (28)  ButlerCounty(31) Butler County (31)  CowleyCounty(9) Cowley County (9)  HarperCounty(11) Harper County (11)  KingmanCounty(9) Kingman County (9)  SedgwickCounty(131) Sedgwick County (131)  GrantCountyOklahoma(1) Grant County (1)  KayCounty(37) Kay County (37)
Wellington is the county seat for Sumner County
Adjacent to Sumner County, Kansas
      Butler County (31)  
      Cowley County (9)  
      Harper County (11)  
      Kingman County (9)  
      Sedgwick County (131)  
      Grant County, Oklahoma (1)  
      Kay County, Oklahoma (37)  
 
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1 Kansas, Sumner County, Argonia — Mrs. Susanna Madora Salter — First Woman Mayor in the United States
On West Garfield Street at South Osage Street, on the right when traveling west on West Garfield Street.
2 Kansas, Sumner County, Belle Plaine — 63 — Chisholm Trail in Sumner County
Near Interstate 35 at milepost 26, in the median.
3 Kansas, Sumner County, Belle Plaine — Wheat Capital of the World — Tour the Turnpike - Belle Plaine —
Near Interstate 35 at milepost 26, in the median.
4 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — "Those Who Came Before"
On East Central Avenue (U.S. 81) east of South Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
5 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — Caldwell "The Border Queen" / On This Site
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at East 1st Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street.
6 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — 65 — Caldwell and the Chisholm Trail
On U.S. 81, on the right when traveling north.
7 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — Chisholm — Era of the Cattle Trails in Cherokee Strip History — Sculpture: by Harold T. Holden —
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at East 1st Avenue, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.
8 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — Chisholm Trail
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at East 1st Avenue, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.
9 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — Cowtown Law Enforcement / Caldwell's Early Government
On West Central Avenue west of North Main Street (Kansas Highway 49), on the right when traveling west.
10 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — Ghost Riders of the Chisholm Trail
On S. Fall Creek Road (U.S. 81), on the left when traveling south.
11 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — Henry Newton Brown
On North Main Street (State Highway 49) south of West Avenue A, on the right when traveling south.
12 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — Murder of Marshal George Flatt
On North Main Street (State Highway 49) north of East Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
13 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — Native Stone Building
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at East 1st Avenue, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.
14 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — Prohibition Movement
On East Central Avenue (U.S. 81) east of North Main Street (State Highway 49), on the right when traveling east.
15 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — Red Light Saloon / Chisholm Trail
On North Main Street (State Highway 49) south of East Avenue A, on the right when traveling north.
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16 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — Shooting Up Main Street
On North Main Street (State Highway 49) at West Central Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
17 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — Talbot Gang Shootout
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) south of East Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
18 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — The Grand Opera House
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at West 2nd Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
19 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — The Last Chance Saloon
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) north of East First Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
20 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — The Last Land Rush / Historic Marker Project
On East Central Avenue (U.S. 81) east of North Main Street (State Highway 49), on the left when traveling east.
21 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — The Legend of Mount Lookout / Gunfire Kills Lawman
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) near East 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
22 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — The Leland Hotel
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at West 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
23 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — The Railroad Influence
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at West 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
24 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — The Southwestern Hotel — 1884 ~ 1972
On North Main Street (State Highway 49) at West Avenue A, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
25 Kansas, Sumner County, Caldwell — The Stock Exchange Bank
On South Main Street (U.S. 81) at West 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
26 Kansas, Sumner County, Hunnewell — The "Real" Cherokee Strip / Hunnewell
On South Hoover Road (U.S. 177) at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South Hoover Road.
27 Kansas, Sumner County, Mayfield — The Chisholm Trail
On West 20th Street South at South Anson Road, on the right when traveling east on West 20th Street South.
28 Kansas, Sumner County, Wellington — Bronze Field Guns
On North Washington Avenue (Business U.S. 81) at West 7th Street, on the right when traveling south on North Washington Avenue.
29 Tennessee, Sumner County, Bethpage — 3A 231 — Durham's Chapel Rosenwald School — 1923-1962
On Old U.S. 31E south of U.S. 31E, on the left when traveling south.
30 Tennessee, Sumner County, Bethpage — 3B 81 — Jonathan Browning — American Gunmaker and Pioneer — 1805-1879 —
On Mt. Vernon Road at U.S. 31E, on the right when traveling west on Mt. Vernon Road.
31 Tennessee, Sumner County, Bethpage — 3B 20 — Sumner County / Trousdale County
On U.S. 231, 0.2 miles north of Chipman Road/Browning Branch Road (Tennessee Route 260), on the right when traveling south.
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32 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — A Frontiersman Settles in the Wilderness — Bledsoe's Fort Historical Park — Site of Bledsoe's Fort, 1783-1806 —
Near Hartsville Pike (State Highway 25) 0.1 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
33 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — A Pioneer Cemetery
Near Hartsville Pike (Route 25) 0.1 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
34 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — A Typical Settler's Cabin — Bledsoe's Fort Historic Park — Nathaniel Parker Cabin, ca. 1785 —
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25).
35 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Bledsoe Monument
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.1 miles west of Rock Springs Road.
36 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — 3B 38 — Bledsoe's Fort and Monument
On Hartsville Pike west of Old Highway 25, on the right when traveling west.
37 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Bledsoe's Fort Historical Park — Site of Bledsoe's Fort, 1783-1806
Near Hartsville Pike (State Highway 25) 0.1 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
38 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Bledsoe's Fort, 1783-1806
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.6 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
39 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Bledsoe's Lick — Ice Age to World War II
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) east of Hilton Lane, on the left when traveling east.
40 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — 3B 5 — Bledsoe's Lick
On Old Highway 25 east of Hartsville Pike, on the right when traveling east.
41 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Cragfont — Union Occupation
On Cragfont Road north of Hartsville Pike.
42 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Cragfont
On Cragfont Road, 0.6 miles north of Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25), on the right when traveling north.
43 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — 3B 7 — Cragfont
On Hartsville Pike west of Harsh Lane, on the left when traveling west.
44 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Fighting for a Way of Life — Bledsoe's Fort Historical Park — Site of Bledsoe's Fort, 1783-1806 —
Near Hartsville Pike (State Highway 25) 0.1 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
45 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — 3B 36 — General William Hall
On Hartsville Pike east of Governor Hall Road, on the right when traveling east.
46 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Hawthorne Hill — Birthplace of William B. Bate
On Old Highway 25 west of Canoe Branch Road, on the left when traveling west.
47 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Hugh Rogan
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.6 miles west of Old Tennessee Highway 25, on the right when traveling west.
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48 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Isaac Bledsoe
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.5 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
49 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — 3B 28 — Morgan and Johnson — August 20, 1862
On Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.2 miles east of Corum Hill Road, on the left when traveling east.
50 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Nathaniel Parker, Hunter and Explorer — Bledsoe's Fort Historic Park — Nathaniel Parker Cabin, ca. 1785 —
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25), on the right when traveling west.
51 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Rogana
Near Hartsville Pike, 0.1 miles west of Old Tennessee Highway 25, on the right when traveling west.
52 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Site of Bledsoe's Fort
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.6 miles west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
53 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — The Nathaniel Parker Log Cabin
Near Hartsville Pike.
54 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Thomas Sharpe Spencer Memorial
On Old Highway 25 west of Governor Hall Road, on the left when traveling west.
55 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Unsettled and Dangerous Years — Bledsoe's Fort Historic Park — Nathaniel Parker Cabin, ca. 1785 —
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25).
56 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — 3B 18 — William Brimage Bate
On Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) at Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west on Hartsville Pike.
57 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castalian Springs — Wynnewood — Changing Allegiances
On Old Highway 25 east of Hartsville Pike, on the right when traveling east.
58 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castilian Springs — 3B 61 — Abraham “Abram” Bledsoe — African-American Frontiersman
On Unnamed Road north of Hartsville Pike, on the right when traveling north.
59 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castilian Springs — Bill "Hoss" Allen — Tennessee Music Pathways —
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.2 miles west of Old Tennessee Route 25, on the right when traveling west.
60 Tennessee, Sumner County, Castilian Springs — Capt. Horace Lawson Hunley
Near Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) west of Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
61 Tennessee, Sumner County, Cottontown — 3B 45 — Bridal House
On Tennessee Route 25 at Bugg Hollow Road, on the right when traveling south on State Route 25.
62 Tennessee, Sumner County, Cottontown — In Memory of Revolutionary War Soldier Thomas Cotton — 1748 - 1795
Near Tennessee 25 at Bugg Hollow Road.
63 Tennessee, Sumner County, Cottontown — 3B 56 — Station Camp Baptist Church
On Vantrease Road at Upper Station Camp Creek Road, on the right when traveling east on Vantrease Road.
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64 Tennessee, Sumner County, Cottontown — 3B 37 — Tyree Springs
On Ben Albert Road at Tyree Springs Road (Tennessee Route 258), on the right when traveling south on Ben Albert Road.
65 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Asher's Trace — Fairvue Plantation —
On Kelvington Boulevard at Baxter Lane, on the left when traveling east on Kelvington Boulevard.
66 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 13B 50 — Big South Tunnel
On South Tunnel Road at Scotty Parker Road, on the right when traveling west on South Tunnel Road.
67 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Blacksmith Shop — Fairvue Plantation —
Near Plantation Boulevard at Browns Lane, on the right when traveling east.
68 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 3B 62 — Cairo Rosenwald School — 1923-1959
On Zieglers Fort Road, 0.1 miles north of Cairo Road, on the left when traveling north.
69 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 3B 80 — City Cemetery / Mexican War Monument
On West Main Street (State Highway 25) at Cemetery Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
70 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Civil War in Sumner County — Living in Desperate Times
Near Bledsoe Park Road, 0.2 miles east of Zieglers Fort Road, on the right when traveling east.
71 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Confederate Soldiers Monument
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) at South Locust Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
72 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Ellen Stokes More Wemyss — 1895-2001 — Fairvue Plantation —
On Plantation Boulevard at Chloe Drive, on the right when traveling east on Plantation Boulevard.
73 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Fairvue Mansion — Fairvue Plantation —
On Rozella Way south of Plantation Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
74 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Fairvue Plantation
On Plantation Boulevard at Nashville Pike (U.S. 31E), in the median on Plantation Boulevard.
75 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 3B 41, 176 — First Presbyterian Church — American Presbyterian and Reformed Historical Site
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) at South Foster Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. Reported missing.
76 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Gallatin Public Square — Heart of Federal Occupation
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) west of South Water Avenue (Old Tennessee Highway 109), on the right when traveling west.
77 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Gallatin, Tennessee
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) at South Foster Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
78 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 3B 43 — General Griffith Rutherford — 1721-1805
On Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) at Belle Breeze Place, on the right when traveling east on Hartsville Pike. Reported missing.
79 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Grasslands — Fairvue Plantation —
On Potter Lane at Noah Lane, on the left when traveling north on Potter Lane.
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80 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 3B 44 — Howard Schools
On East Main Street (State Highway 25) at College Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
81 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 3B 32 — Hugh Rogan
On U.S. 31E, 0.1 miles south of Rogana Road, on the right when traveling south.
82 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — In Memory of all American Veterans — POW-MIA You Are Not Forgotten
On Airport Road east of Steam Plant Road, on the right when traveling north.
83 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Isaac Franklin — 1789-1846 — Fairvue Plantation —
On Isaac Franklin Drive north of Plantation Way, on the left when traveling north.
84 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — James B. Jameson House
On Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.2 miles west of Cragfont Estates Road, on the right when traveling west.
85 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 3A 261 — King Solomon Masonic Lodge #6 — 1808 - Present
On East Main Street at North Hume Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
86 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Mare Barns — Fairvue Plantation —
On Plantation Boulevard east of Jacobs Drive, on the right when traveling south.
87 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Maywood
On South Locust Avenue at West Smith Street, on the right when traveling south on South Locust Avenue.
88 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Monument to the Fallen — “Their Fame is All That Survives Them”
89 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 3A 265 — Original Church of God / L.M. Swanson's Nursing Home
On Pace Street, 0.1 miles west of Magnolia Street, on the right when traveling west.
90 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 3B 67 — Peter Vertrees — 1840-1926
On South Water Avenue at East Bledsoe Street, on the right when traveling north on South Water Avenue.
91 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 3B 48 — Randy's Record Shop
On North Water Ave south of West Franklin, on the right when traveling north.
92 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 3B 79 — Rehoboth Church
On Cages Bend Road at Douglas Bend Road, on the left when traveling south on Cages Bend Road.
93 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Rose Mont — Tribute to Major George Blackmore
Near South Water Avenue (Old State Highway 109) at James Street, on the right when traveling south.
94 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 3B 75 — Rose Mont
On South Water Avenue (Old State Highway 109) at James Street, on the right when traveling south on South Water Avenue.
95 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Rosemont — The Political War Within the War
On South Water Avenue (Old State Highway 109) at James Street, on the right when traveling south on South Water Avenue.
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96 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Site of First County Court in Sumner County
On Long Hollow Pike, on the right when traveling east.
97 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — Sumner County Tennessee Mexican-American War Monument
98 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — 3B 68 — Tennessee's First African-American Civil War Volunteers — 1863
On East Main Street east of Water Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
99 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — The Clark House — Sumner County Courthouse
On Long Hollow Pike east of Upper Station Camp Creek Road, on the right when traveling east.
100 Tennessee, Sumner County, Gallatin — The Westward Movement
On West Main Street, on the left when traveling east.

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