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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Russell County, Kansas
Adjacent to Russell County, Kansas
▶ Barton County (61) ▶ Ellis County (77) ▶ Ellsworth County (24) ▶ Lincoln County (0) ▶ Osborne County (18) ▶ Rush County (6)
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| On Washington Street at 6th Street, on the left when traveling north on Washington Street. |
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Donated by
The Charles Stoppel Family — — Map (db m95424) HM |
| On Washington Street at 6th Street, on the left when traveling north on Washington Street. |
| | [Title is text] — — Map (db m95420) HM |
| On 6th Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling east on 6th Street. |
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Mary Ann Ball was born near Mount Vernon, Ohio in 1817. She married Robert Bickerdyke in 1847 and they moved to Galesburg, Illinois.
At the outbreak of the Civil War the residents of Galesburg purchased medical supplies worth $500 for soldiers . . . — — Map (db m95499) HM |
| On 2nd Street at Kansas Avenue, on the right when traveling east on 2nd 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 m54268) HM |
| On Main Street near 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Innovative use of native Dakota sandstone, a unique geological formation found only in this region, by pioneer Czech settlers can still be seen in our fencelines, farmsteads, civic & vernacular architecture, bridges, backroads, & byways. — — Map (db m54214) HM |
| On State Highway 232 near the west edge of Wilson Lake Dam, on the right when traveling south. |
| | [History related excerpts from the marker]
Side A
The Midland Hotel
in Wilson was built in 1899 as the most magnificent facility in the Midwest. Featured in the 1973 movie Paper Moon, the hotel was recently restored back to its . . . — — Map (db m54294) HM |
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Erected by
Union Pacific Railroad Company
to mark the burial place of
Alexander McKeefer and John Lynch
who were killed
by a band of Cheyenne Indians,
May 28, 1869
while working as track laborers
two miles west of
Fossil Creek . . . — — Map (db m95544) HM |
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In memory of
The Defenders
of the
Union
1861-1865 — — Map (db m95542) WM |
| On Main Street north of Wisconsin Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Placed March, 2006
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m95517) HM |
| On 8th Street at Kansas Street, on the left when traveling east on 8th Street. |
| | Created in honor of Irishman Nicholas Gernon, a blacksmith by trade and one of the original members of the Ripon Colony - founders of Russell in 1871. He served as director of the Town Site Company well into the mid 1880s. In 1872 he built the . . . — — Map (db m95518) HM |
| On Kansas Street at 8th Street, on the left when traveling north on Kansas Street. |
| | Dedicated May 20, 2001 as Avenue of History 9 Blocks of Brick Paving 1924 — — Map (db m95519) HM |
| On Kansas Street north of 8th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This stepping stone came from her home at 706 Lincoln St. in Russell Ks. — — Map (db m95522) HM |
| On Kansas Street north of 8th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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Site of
Nicholas Gernon
Blacksmith Shop
1872
Avenue of History
[Dedicated] May 20, 2001 — — Map (db m95540) HM |
| On Kansas Street north of 8th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | First stone House In Russell — — Map (db m95523) HM |
| On Lincoln Street south of 4th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty . . . — — Map (db m95331) HM |
| On Wichita Avenue (Business U.S. 40) at Jay Street, on the left when traveling east on Wichita Avenue. |
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WWI [Honored Dead]
Marcellus J. Banworth August Beam Jack Black Albert E. Bodmer J. Fred Boxberger Arthur Lee Boyles Frank D. Brainerd Laurel Felix Brandenburg Thomas J. Buchan Galen Elliot Cooper David Deines Floyd . . . — — Map (db m95602) WM |
| On Wichita Avenue (Business U.S. 40) east of Jay Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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When railroads first built across Kansas in the 1860s, Plains Indians inhabited much of the central and western part of the state. They did not welcome the incursion, sensing a danger to the buffalo herds that provided them with food, shelter, and . . . — — Map (db m95588) HM |
| On Wichita Avenue (Business U.S. 40) east of Copeland Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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With the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
this tree is dedicated to
Lt. Col. Carl Karst
and all
Prisoners of War
and
Missing in Action — — Map (db m95603) WM |
| On Wisconsin Street at Maple Street, on the right when traveling west on Wisconsin Street. |
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Placed January 1988
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m59844) HM |
| On Kansas Street at 8th Street, on the right when traveling south on Kansas Street. |
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In honor of those making
the supreme sacrifice
in WWII
Carl Robert Laubhan
March 15, 1945
by his sisters
Esther White & Frances Wagner — — Map (db m95521) WM |
| On South 152nd Avenue 0.5 miles south of West 230th Drive and South 152nd Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | On 22 September 1943 a B-24D "Liberator" bomber crashed into the hillside approximately four hundred yards west of this site amid inclement weather. That night eleven Army Air Force men lost their lives while in the service of their country. Let . . . — — Map (db m103036) WM |
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