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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sedgwick County, Kansas
Adjacent to Sedgwick County, Kansas
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On 93rd Street North 0.6 miles west of 276th Street West, on the right when traveling west. |
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In memory of our
Heroes
1861 - 1865
Lest We Forget
Loyalty — — Map (db m62913) WM |
| On Broadway south of 63rd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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In October 1865 hundreds of Plains Indians camped on these prairies to negotiate peace with U.S. government officials. Among them were Chiefs Black Kettle and Seven Bulls (Cheyennes), Little Raven and Big Mouth (Arapahos), Rising Sun and Horse's . . . — — Map (db m61099) HM |
| On 13th Street North at the Little Arkansas River, on the right when traveling west on 13th Street North. |
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"Red Water at Sunset"
from the tribal tongue
of the Zuni Indians
Honoring
Thurlow Lieurance
Composer of "Minisa" — — Map (db m60545) HM |
| | When the last red man has vanished from the earth, and his memory is only the shadow of a cloud moving across the prairie, these shores and forests will still hold the spirit of my People, for they love the earth as a newborn loves its mother's . . . — — Map (db m56748) HM |
| On 1st Street near Santa Fe Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Truth Will Out Salad Days Send Packing Knock Knock! Who's There? What The Dickens Wear My Heart Upon My Sleeve Bated Breath The Game Is Up Love Is Blind Breathed His Last Itching Palm Forever And A Day Goodness Sake World's . . . — — Map (db m56434) HM |
| On Mead Street near 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Built As Warehouse For $14,000
First Tenant: Rumely Products Company
of Indiana
Builder: MacLean Construction Company, Chicago, IL
Renovated: 2006 as
Rumely Condominiums
Historic Address: 701 East Second
Current Address: 242 N. . . . — — Map (db m56448) HM |
| On Mead Street near 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Built For Commercial & Manufacturing
(Second of 3 Buildings)
Original Spelling Rumely
Changed in the 1930's to Rumley
Historic Address: 239 N. Rock Island
Current Address: 238 N. Mead — — Map (db m56446) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m56620) HM |
| On Douglas Avenue at St. Francis Street, on the right when traveling east on Douglas Avenue. |
| | This site, originally platted in December, 1870, dates back to Wichita's early development with the establishment of the Wichita & Southwestern Railroad, later absorbed by the Santa Fe System. The railroad was completed at Wichita in May, 1872 and . . . — — Map (db m60594) HM |
| | Dedicated to the many veterans who sacrificed for the freedoms we enjoy today.
Flags have traditionally been symbols of persons united in some common association or effort. Within the American heritage, there have been many diverse interests and . . . — — Map (db m56932) HM WM |
| On Alumni Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
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To Inspire Patriotism
and Loyalty
and to commemorate the
Bicentennial of the Birth
of George Washington
[Erected] February 1932 — — Map (db m56280) HM |
| On Rochester Street at 13th Street North, on the left when traveling north on Rochester Street. |
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To Inspire Patriotism
and Loyalty
and to commemorate the
Bicentennial of the Birth
of George Washington — — Map (db m60561) HM |
| On Rock Island Street at 1st Street, on the left when traveling north on Rock Island Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m56507) HM |
| | While the Plains Indians hunted many kinds of animals, their very existence depended on the buffalo. The massive creatures supplied most of the meat for their diet. Every part of the great animal was used. Nothing was wasted. From the buffalo they . . . — — Map (db m56808) HM |
| | The pipe was central to tribal social and ceremonial life. A shared pipe sealed a friendship, a trade agreement, a treaty.
The solemn act of smoking a pipe was usually part of a group ritual or observance, such as in council, in which the pipe . . . — — Map (db m56789) HM |
| | The Plains Indians drew inspiration and power from their ceremonies. Using sacred prayer songs, objects and dances, accompanied by ritual drumming and rattling, the people created a spiritual atmosphere to induce visions and revelations. . . . — — Map (db m56829) HM |
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The Plains Indian chief was not an autocratic ruler. The title was honorary, although an exceptionally powerful personality could exert great influence. As a rule, any power exercised within the tribe was done so by the total body of responsible . . . — — Map (db m56790) HM |
| On McLean Boulevard at West Douglas Avenue, on the right when traveling north on McLean Boulevard. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m78772) HM |
| | For the Plains Indian, the sacred hoop was the all-encompassing symbol of the entire world, with one half of the circle representing the physical realm, the other the spiritual. Equally significant was the number four. The four quadrants of the . . . — — Map (db m56749) HM |
| On Central Avenue near Main Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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Erected A.D. 1912 by the
People of Sedgwick County, Kansas
in memory of the
Union Soldiers and Sailors
of the Civil War
The Union is perpetual
Abraham Lincoln
Let us have peace
Gen. Grant
If any man attempts to . . . — — Map (db m56422) WM |
| On Belmont, on the left when traveling east. |
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A beacon of light in the community since 1901, The Coleman Company has provided many products that bring together family and friends for lifelong outdoor memories. "Coleman Hill" is a living example of their commitment to Wichita.
Thank you . . . — — Map (db m56351) HM |
| On Mead Street near 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Housed Coleman's Machine Shop
Historic Address: 253 N. Mead
Current Address: 255 N. Mead — — Map (db m56447) HM |
| On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | 1909
W.C. Coleman built a factory at 220 N. St. Francis. It served as the company headquarters for most of the twentieth century.
In 1889, Coleman found the lamp that would change his life. The "Efficient Lamp" had mantles, not wicks, and . . . — — Map (db m56568) HM |
| On Mead Street near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Built For Manufacturing
Remodeled: 2002
Historic Address: 201 Moore Avenue
Current Address: 201 N. Mead — — Map (db m56435) HM |
| On Mead Street near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Built For Manufacturing
Architect: Schmidt, Boucher & Overend,
Wichita, Kansas
Remodeled: 2002
Historic Address: 213 Moore Avenue
Current Address: 213 N. Mead — — Map (db m56436) HM |
| On Mead Street near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Built For Metal Stamping Department
Historic Address: 217 Moore Avenue
Current Address: 213 N. Mead — — Map (db m56442) HM |
| On Mead Street near 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Built For Shear Department
Historic Address: 233 Moore Avenue
Current Address: 213 N. Mead — — Map (db m56443) HM |
| On Mead Street near 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Historic Address: 235 Moore Avenue
Current Address: 225 N. Mead — — Map (db m56444) HM |
| On Douglas Avenue east of the railroad overpass, on the right when traveling west. |
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"It (streetcar 230 on the College Hill line) is a moving...collection of junk, rattling and torturing its inmates in a manner that would bring tears to the eyes of the turnkey of a Russian prison...If you can stand up in the car for a mile after . . . — — Map (db m60620) HM |
| | European interest was first represented in the “New World” by the Viking Banner of Leif Ericson and other intrepid Norse adventurers. This banner, according to tradition, made its way to Iceland, Greenland and presumably North America . . . — — Map (db m56936) HM |
| | During the 1700s, the political and economic interests of the colonists began to enlarge and disputes began to develop with Great Britain. After the defeat of the French and their expulsion in 1763, the colonists could focus even more of their . . . — — Map (db m56943) HM |
| On Douglas Avenue at Mead Street, on the left when traveling east on Douglas Avenue. |
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Built 1897-1903
Renovated: 2004
Historic & Current Address:
800 East Douglas
Built 1897-1903
Renovated: 2004
Historic & Current Address:
802 East Douglas — — Map (db m60621) HM |
| On Rock Island Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Historic Address: 125/127 N. Rock Island
Current Address: 125 N. Rock Island — — Map (db m56485) HM |
| Reported permanently removed. |
| | As secession swept the South, various state banners were created to symbolize the "independence" movement. Soon the Confederacy found it necessary, however, to adopt an appropriate "national" flag. The first was the famous Stars and Bars. During . . . — — Map (db m107792) HM |
| On Stackman Drive at Sim Park Drive, on the right when traveling north on Stackman Drive. |
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This marker locates the original confluence of the Big and Little Arkansas Rivers. On August 15, 1865, near this point Jesse Chisholm met with the Plains Indian chiefs and headmen to agree on a treaty signing which occurred the following . . . — — Map (db m60589) HM |
| On McLean Boulevard at West Douglas Avenue, on the right when traveling north on McLean Boulevard. |
| | Delano, the town located west of the Arkansas River was a colorful locale. Although the violence in this area was over-dramatized, it remained as a place of drunkenness, gambling, gunplay, and prostitution. The most popular and dramatized gun battle . . . — — Map (db m78774) HM |
| | Samuel J. Crumbine (1862-1954) was a Pennsylvania native who established a medical practice in Dodge City in the 1880s. He became executive officer of the State Board of Health in 1906, and was famous for his efforts to improve hygiene by . . . — — Map (db m56717) HM |
| | In Honor of one of 52 Submarines on Eternal Patrol
[Honor Roll of Lost Crew Members]
The United States Submarine Veterans organization of WWII was founded in 1955 and federally chartered in 1981. The chapter representing each state of the . . . — — Map (db m56635) HM |
| | Animals that appeared in dreams, it was believed, could convey strength to the shield of a warrior. Special medicines made from "dream animals," such as the eagle or buffalo, were tied to the shield or placed under the outer cover. Long pendants of . . . — — Map (db m56753) HM |
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To the Plains Indians, the eagle was a lord of the air, symbolizing both ferocity and purity. It flies high in the atmosphere where the air is the clearest and where, in the belief of many Indians, the Great Spirit resides. In fact, it was said . . . — — Map (db m56792) HM |
| On Perimeter Street at Fairmount Street, on the right when traveling west on Perimeter Street. |
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This building is named in honor of
Edwin A. Ulrich
New York Businessman
Art Collector and
Benefactor of the University — — Map (db m56223) HM |
| On Broadway at the railroad grade crossing, on the left when traveling south on Broadway. |
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This property has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Kansas Preservation Alliance Award for Excellence
The benches on the Memorial Plaza
have been placed here . . . — — Map (db m56429) HM |
| On Mosley, on the left when traveling north. |
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Historic Address: 120/122 N. Rock Island
Current Address: 117 N. Mosley — — Map (db m56477) HM |
| On Mead Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Builder: Martin Carroll Construction
Company, Kansas City, Missouri
Architect: Fred G. McCune, Wichita, KS
Historic Address: 115/125 N. Mead
Current Address: 121 N. Mead — — Map (db m56512) HM |
| | With the admission of Alaska in 1959 and Hawaii in 1960, the present fifty-star flag came into being. Like other flags of our nation, the fifty-star flag has seen the varied conditions that can beset a dynamic association of peoples. Under it, the . . . — — Map (db m56971) HM |
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Named in Honor of Mrs. Charlotte M. Morse Fiske
Wrentham, Massachusetts
Benefactor of Fairmount College
Cornerstone: October 28, 1904
Dedication: June 6, 1906
Norman S. Patton, Architect, Chicago
Wichita Contractors:
J. V. Wood, . . . — — Map (db m56254) HM |
| | Fiske Hall was the mens dormitory of Fairmount College from 1906 to 1926 and served as an army barracks in both World Wars. Beginning with the municipal university period in 1926, Fiske provided classroom and office space for various academic and . . . — — Map (db m56256) HM |
| | Like the new nation, the first Stars and Stripes would see fuller development with the passage of time. Under the much-debated Articles of Confederation of 1781, it was agreed that America would create self-governing States in the western domain . . . — — Map (db m56959) HM |
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In recognition of
those U.S. Navy Hospital
Corpsman [sic] who served
with the Fleet Marine
Force in Peacetime
and in War — — Map (db m56577) WM |
| | The obligations and responsibilities of becoming an imperial power as a result of the Spanish-American War quickly multiplied. The international problems that arose in Latin America, in the Philippines, and in China saw the first application of . . . — — Map (db m56970) HM |
| | The United States emerged from the ordeal of the Civil War with deep gulfs of mistrust and bitterness. Reconstruction was lengthy. Then during the 1870's the natural wealth of the country, the industrious people, further expansion beyond the . . . — — Map (db m56967) HM |
| | With the Revolution won and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the United States was extended westward to the Mississippi River. To the west of the Mississippi, the French Tricolor waved over French Louisiana until the purchase of that . . . — — Map (db m56947) HM |
| On Belmont, on the left when traveling east. |
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All Americans
[List of WSU Baseball Players]
Freshmen All Americans
[List of WSU Baseball Players]
Scholastic All Americans
[List of WSU Baseball Players]
[All Americans Marker Symbol Designations]
"Star" . . . — — Map (db m56286) HM |
| On 1st Street at Mead Street, on the right when traveling east on 1st Street. |
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Builder: George Herman Siedhoff
Original Owner: George Innes Dry Goods
Construction Cost: $1,000,000
Reinforced Concrete Building
Original & Historic Address:
701 East First
——————
In Honor of . . . — — Map (db m56433) HM |
| On Belmont, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Nationally renowned trial lawyer, graduate of Washburn University Law School, tremendously successful for over 49 years, together with his wife, Shannon, have graciously given to the community, as well as WSU Baseball. Their concern . . . — — Map (db m56350) HM |
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In Memory Of Our Loved Ones
You Will Never Be Forgotten
Freedom Is Not Free
Dedicated Nov. 2003 — — Map (db m56723) WM |
| | The first national flag is commonly identified as the Grand Union Flag. Although it was never officially approved or recognized, it was this flag that came to symbolize the growing pride in the name America and the strengthening union between the . . . — — Map (db m56945) HM |
| On Rock Island Street near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| |
Built For The Grant-Billingsley
Fruit Company
(Second of 4 Buildings)
Architect: Glenn H. Thomas, Wichita, Ks.
Historic Address: 141/143 N. Rock Island
Current Address: 143 N. Rock Island — — Map (db m56505) HM |
| On Belmont, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
Came to Wichita in 1958 and developed Resthaven Gardens of memory and Resthaven Funeral Home from a wheat field into one of the Midwest's most beautiful Cemeteries; past president of the International Cemetery and Funeral Home Assn. and in 1998 . . . — — Map (db m56329) HM |
| On Douglas Avenue at the railroad overpass, on the left when traveling east on Douglas Avenue. |
| |
Built for line of overalls, shirts and other work clothes
Historic & Current Address:
700 East Douglas — — Map (db m60619) HM |
| On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Innes Wholesale Furniture Co.
No. 701 E. First
1919
When the George Innes Dry Goods Warehouse opened in 1919, it bought, manufactured and sold furniture and home furnishings.
1998
The building was converted into Innes Station, an . . . — — Map (db m56573) HM |
| On Mosley near 1st Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Built To Manufacture Paint
For The Hockaday Paint Co.
Historic Address: 140/148 N. Mosley
Current Address: 150 N. Mosley — — Map (db m56453) HM |
| On Mosley near 1st Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Built To Manufacture Paint
And Paint Products
Historic Address: 140/142 N. Mosley
Current Address: 140 N. Mosley — — Map (db m56463) HM |
| | Albert Alexander Hyde (1848-1935) was a partner in founding The Yucca Company in 1889, which manufactured and marketed laundry and toilet soap and shaving cream. One of their first products was a cough syrup containing menthol and camphor, and . . . — — Map (db m56739) HM |
| On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Though trained as a painter, the medium Jim Yarnell (1917-[2011]) most enjoyed was photography. He was appointed advertising manager of the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita. During the summer of 1962, Yarnell spent 58 days photographing . . . — — Map (db m56465) HM |
| On Central Avenue near Main Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | "We've played in tougher places. At Wichita State, those fans would stand up and clap at the beginning of each half, and until their team scores, they don't sit down. We had 'em clapping for four minutes one time...And I think everybody had a . . . — — Map (db m56424) HM |
| On Broadway at the Arkansas River, on the right when traveling south on Broadway. |
| |
Built by State Highway Comm. of Kansas
Named in honor of John C. Mack
State Highway Commissioner of
the Fifth District at the time
of its authorization
State Highway Commission of Kansas
Arkansas River Bridge
U.S. Highway 81. . . . — — Map (db m56426) HM |
| On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Johnson-Frazier Building
Fireproof! Rat-proof! Mouse-proof! This is how the Johnson-Frazier Building's earliest occupant, Wichita Fire Proof Storage Co., billed the concrete and brick Goliath when it opened in 1914.
Other businesses were . . . — — Map (db m56570) HM |
| | This memorial is dedicated as a lasting tribute to all the service men and women of the United States Armed Forces from the State of Kansas and in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice with their lives on the battlefields of North and . . . — — Map (db m57541) HM |
| On 1st Street at Mosley Street, on the left when traveling east on 1st Street. |
| |
Built as Wholesale Hardware Building
at a cost of $250,000
for Morton-Simmons Hardware Co.
featuring Keen Kutter Tools
and Equipment
Architect: Mauran, Russell and Garden,
St. Louis, Missouri
Builder: Wurster Construction Company, . . . — — Map (db m56450) HM |
| On Seneca Street near Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Kiowa-Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin donated his famous work, the "Keeper of the Plains," to the citizens of Wichita in May of 1974. The Keeper of the Plains stands at the confluence of the rivers were his ancestors camped. With his face raised to . . . — — Map (db m56726) HM |
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I have a song to sing,
To our Mother, the Earth,
To our Father, the Sun...
To sing this song
Because
We are all here;
We are all here, as one
The one that makes us all
All...
In the hands of the Great Spirit.
Blackbear Bosin . . . — — Map (db m56750) HM |
| On Mosley, on the left when traveling north. |
| |
Built as a Warehouse for $17,000
Historic Address: 116/118 N. Rock Island
Current Address: 111 N. Mosley — — Map (db m56473) HM |
| On 1st Street at Mead Street, on the left when traveling east on 1st Street. |
| |
Built as free-standing wholesale
grocery warehouse for $70,000
Architect: Fred G. McCune,
Wichita, Kansas
Renovated: 1998 as Office
Historic & Current Address:
800 East First — — Map (db m56432) HM |
| |
Dedicated
to all
Marines — — Map (db m56576) WM |
| On Douglas Avenue at St. Francis Street, on the right when traveling east on Douglas Avenue. |
| |
A member of a pioneer banking family which settled in Wichita during the 'boom' period of 1886, Mr. Naftzger devoted nearly seventy years of his life to banking. As an ardent patron of the arts and because of his strong ties to the city he grew . . . — — Map (db m60593) HM |
| On Douglas Avenue east of the railroad overpass, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
Built for $50,000
Historic & Current Address:
704 East Douglas — — Map (db m60618) HM |
| | The McKnight Art Center is a tribute to a pioneer Wichita family. Mrs. McKnight's dream to advance the arts and serve the community, was fulfilled in her generous bequest to the university. — — Map (db m56274) HM |
| On Hillside Street at Alumni Drive, on the right when traveling north on Hillside Street. |
| |
Marvin G. Brown, Jr. Donald E. Christian John W. Duren Martin E. Harrison Ronald G. Johnson Randall B. Kiesau Malory W. Kimmel Carl R. Krueger Stephan A. Moore Thomas B. Owen, Jr. Eugene Robinson Thomas T. Shedden Richard . . . — — Map (db m56277) HM |
| | The MK-14 torpedo was developed in the 1930's on a very meager budget. These torpedoes were successfully deployed during World War II, destroying more than four million tons of Japanese shipping.
Early in the war the MK-14 proved to be very . . . — — Map (db m56634) HM |
| On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Modern Cleaners
Larkspur Restaurant
No. 904-906 E. Douglas
1903-1922
The building located on East Douglas housed a series of businesses; first, James C. Smyth Hide Co., then Beacon Tire, and, in 1922, Modern Cleaners.
Dye . . . — — Map (db m56574) HM |
| On Alumni Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
In memory of
Nathan Jackson Morrison, LL.D.
Founder and President of
Fairmount College
1895 - 1907
Federal Emergency
Administration of Public Works
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
Harold L. Ickes . . . — — Map (db m56282) HM |
| On 1st Street near Emporia Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m56430) HM |
| On 13th Street North at Rochester Street, on the right when traveling west on 13th Street North. |
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This unique Indian head was obtained and presented to Wichita High School North by the 1977 Senior Class as a gift from Mrs. Carl (Ethel) Kelley, a pioneer Wichita family.
1977 Senior Class Officers
William B. Williams, Pres.
Dale A. Goss, . . . — — Map (db m60532) HM |
| On Mead Street near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| |
Built as a Farm Products Warehouse
Builder: George H. Siedhoff
Construction Company
Historic and Current Address:
139 N. Mead — — Map (db m56508) HM |
| On Belmont, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Longtime successful Wichita area businessman and his wife, Joan, whose drive for excellence may have only been exceeded by their genuine concern for others. Only through their initial commitment in 1983 did Phase I - "Eck Stadium" become reality. . . . — — Map (db m56335) HM |
| On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | 1980
Downtown Wichita and the adjacent warehouse district were in decline. An exodus of businesses and retailers left many buildings in the area dilapidated and vacant. Fortunately, a committed group of professionals stepped forward, . . . — — Map (db m56516) HM |
| On Perimeter Road 0.1 miles east of Harvard Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Two former WSU students, Dan and Frank Carney, borrowed $600 to open this first Pizza Hut. Their corporation grew to become the world's largest pizza chain and was sold to PepsiCo in 1977 for $300,000,000.
The building was moved to this site to . . . — — Map (db m56279) HM |
| |
Dedicated to all men and women
wounded in all our wars.
Military Order of the Purple Heart, 1782/1932.
“My stone is red for
the blood they shed.
The medal I bear
is my country's way
to show they care.
If I could be seen . . . — — Map (db m56651) HM |
| |
Casualties United States
Army - 218 Killed 364 Wounded
Navy - 2008 Killed 710 Wounded
Marine - 109 Killed 69 Wounded
Civilian - 68 Killed 36 Wounded
Lest We Forget — — Map (db m56621) HM |
| On Douglas Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
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 m60622) HM |
| On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | For a prairie town to grow and prosper, railroads were a necessity. They would bring more people and business. More opportunity for commerce and trade. Before long, Wichita was a bustling city with several railroad lines connecting it to the rest . . . — — Map (db m56539) HM |
| On Belmont, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Former WSU Baseball pitcher (1965-66), and successful businessman who together with his wife, Linda, made Phase II a reality by funding the project in the Fall of 1987. With the naming of "Tyler Field" upon completion and the . . . — — Map (db m56332) HM |
| On Mosley, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Historic and Current Address:
126 N. Mosley — — Map (db m56471) HM |
| On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| |
Morton-Simmons Hardware established its business on First Street in the large warehousing district around the rail connections east of downtown Wichita. The popular Keen Kutter brand name emblazoned on the cupola made the building an instant . . . — — Map (db m56541) HM |
| On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| |
E.C. Simmons Keen Kutter Cutlery and Tools
With E.C. Simmons as president, Simmons Hardware Company was developed into one of the most extensive corporations of its kind with divisions in Wichita, Sioux City, Toledo, New York, . . . — — Map (db m56567) HM |
| On Murdock Street near Nims Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
In commemoration of those who on land and sea served their country in the Spanish-American War
This cannon was captured in the Spanish-American war in the year 1898, was presented by the United States to the state of Kansas, and assigned to . . . — — Map (db m60590) HM |
| On Ohio Street near East 2nd Street North, on the right when traveling north. |
| | St. Anthony of Padua Church was built in 1902 under the direction of the Franciscan Order for the German Catholics in the Wichita area. St. Anthony's is the oldest Catholic church in Wichita. In 1888, the church was designated an historic landmark . . . — — Map (db m56381) HM |
| On 17th Street N at Fairmount Avenue, on the left when traveling east on 17th Street N. |
| |
From its beginning as Fairmount College in 1895, Wichita State University has stood, like these columns, “proudly on the hill” – a phrase from the universitys “Alma Mater” referencing the highest point of land in . . . — — Map (db m56257) HM |
| | There was considerable concern that the addition of a new stripe for each new state would create hopeless confusion. Therefore, Congress established the still current law that provided that after July 4, 1818 the flag would show thirteen stripes . . . — — Map (db m56960) HM |
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