Entries Containing All of the Phrases «barber county» AND «kansas»

By William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2012

The Former Grand Hotel and Marker

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1 ► Kansas, Barber County, Medicine Lodge — The Grand Hotel —

On Main Street at Washington Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.

In January, 1884, Medicine Lodge citizens organized a stock company to build a first class hotel. Standiford Youmans & Co., a local business, donated the three lots at the corner of Main Street and Washington Avenue. The bricks for the structure . . . — — Map (db m65192) HM

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2 ► Kansas, Barber County, Medicine Lodge — The Story of Prohibition — The temperance movement in Kansas —

On West Fowler Avenue (U.S. 160/281) 0.5 miles west of Iliff Street (U.S. 281), on the right when traveling west.

Teetotalers fought against the selling and consumption of alcohol in the mid-19th century, and nowhere was the temperance movement stronger than in Kansas. As a territory, local option laws for taverns were passed. These, along with other . . . — — Map (db m258698) HM

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    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.

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