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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Harvey County, Kansas
Adjacent to Harvey County, Kansas
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| On Main Street at 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street. |
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This building is the
gift of Andrew Carnegie
to the People of Halstead
A.D. 1917
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In honor of all the volunteers
who helped during the
1993 Floods in . . . — — Map (db m81283) HM |
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Dedicated
to the Soldiers
who so bravely offered
their all to preserve
the Union of States,
1861 to 1865
Decorated
in memory of our comrades
who sleep in the
Unknown,
peacefully awaiting the
call to the Parade . . . — — Map (db m77110) WM |
| On 1st Street east of Main Street (Kansas Highway 89), on the left when traveling east. |
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has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m81269) HM |
| On 1st Street east of Main Street (Kansas Highway 89), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Trees and plaque donated by World War II Buddies of 310th Inf. 78th (Lightning) Div. Co. I, the Steele Family, and Many Friends. — — Map (db m81270) WM |
| On Locust Street at 4th Street, on the left when traveling north on Locust Street. |
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Originally owned by the Halstead Town Company, Block 28 was officially designated a city park by the City of Halstead in 1891.
The Scout Cabin was built for the Halstead scout groups in 1941 by the Halstead Lions Club with the generous support . . . — — Map (db m76937) HM |
| On Main Street at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
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Site of the first public building in Halstead, Kansas
Erected in March 1873 by G. W. Sweezy
It was a two story frame building 32 feet by 42 feet used as a commercial hotel and known as
The Sweezy Hotel
After fifty nine years of use, the . . . — — Map (db m81281) HM |
| On Hertzler Road (Horse and Buggy Doctor Highway) (State Highway 89) south of U.S. 50, on the left when traveling south. |
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"The Great American Home is that institution in which it is possible for the child to grow to maturity under conditions created and maintained for the good of the child."
Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler
Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler
1870 - . . . — — Map (db m81267) HM |
| On Main Street south of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This stone building was erected in 1879 after a disastrous fire wiped out many frame buildings on Main Street. Bergtholdt had a farm implement agency in the south section until 1885. That year Henry Riesen and David Dyck opened a hardware store. . . . — — Map (db m81279) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 89) at 1st Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
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In Memoriam
World War II
Carl F. Dill Claude H. Beaty Marlin N. Wilson
Wilbur D. Robuck Charles C. Spore Vernon H. Buller
Marvin E. Lohmeyer Leland F. Wendling
Elmer E. Rodenberg William Hoffman Jr.
Orville D. Bansemer . . . — — Map (db m81268) WM |
| On State Highway 15 0.8 miles north of NE 96th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Chisholm Trail
Beaten hard by the hoofs of millions of Longhorns coming from as far as southern Texas between the years of 1867 to 1871 this trail wound northward approximately one half mile east of here. In one year alone over 600,000 cattle . . . — — Map (db m61102) HM |
| On Main Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Santa Fe engineers were surveying and platting the Newton town site on Section 17 in March 1871. Captain David L. Payne, state legislator from this district, and other early settlers saw the urgent need for domestic drinking water. Captain Payne . . . — — Map (db m56891) HM |
| On 1st Street near Oak Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This Victorian house was built for Bernhard and Wilhelmina Warkentin in 1886-87. Bernhard was born in 1847 in the Mennonite village of Altonau, Ukraine. His father was a prominent miller. In 1872 he came to the U.S. to find new land. His letters . . . — — Map (db m56848) HM |
| On Oak Street at Broadway, on the right when traveling north on Oak Street. |
| | This cannon used in coastal defense during the Civil War was secured through the efforts of Judson Kilpatrick st No. 36, G.A.R. and Congressman Chester I. Long. Presented to Mayor George W. Young for City of Newton by Hon. J. G. Wood, Topeka, on . . . — — Map (db m56919) HM WM |
| On Athletic Park Drive 0.1 miles north of Fischer Field (football stadium), on the right when traveling west. |
| | The "Mennonite Settler," designed and sculpted by artist Max Nixon (1915-2000), was dedicated by the City of Newton September 10, 1942. Funding came from citizens of Newton, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and the U.S. Works Progress Administration . . . — — Map (db m53494) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 15) at 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | On April 15, 1903 construction began on this site. The Cottonwood stone, red brick facade and Ionic columns combined to provide a striking addition to Main Street Newton. The two story building was designed by W.W. Rose, and constructed by Reikowski . . . — — Map (db m56851) HM |
| On Main Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
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This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m53503) HM |
| On Broadway at Oak Street, on the left when traveling east on Broadway. |
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Donated to the City of Newton by the Santa Fe Nov. 18, 1955. Engine 1880 and 86 other Prairie type engines built in 1906-1907 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. They were used in various types of service for 46 years which was a longer period of . . . — — Map (db m56922) HM |
| On Broadway at Oak Street, on the left when traveling east on Broadway. |
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Erected to the
memory of
The Unknown Dead
1861 - 1865 — — Map (db m53507) WM |
| On Interstate 135 1 mile north of 125th Street (I-135 Exit 22), on the right when traveling north. |
| | On 13 May 2003, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, proclaimed the Eisenhower Insterstate Highway System in Kansas, as the "Purple Heart Trail." This trail memorializes those heroic service members who have had the Purple Heart medal bestowed on . . . — — Map (db m56916) HM WM |
| On U.S. 50, on the left when traveling east. |
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Children in Russia hand-picked the first seeds of this famous winter wheat for Kansas. They belonged to Mennonite Colonies preparing to emigrate from the steppes to the America prairies. A peace-loving sect, originally from Holland, the . . . — — Map (db m53056) HM |
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