On Pioneer Street south of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south.
Lest We Forget
those who served
from the
Alden Community
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In memory of their
Supreme Sacrifice
In memory of
Charles W. Murphy
Corporal
U. S. Army Air Corps
380 . . . — — Map (db m95265) WM
On Beatty Avenue at 8th Street, on the right when traveling west on Beatty Avenue.
Erected by the Congregation
in memory of
Charles Warren Schmidt
12-27-50 - 5-16-70
with donations from
friends and relatives
"My God and I will go unendingly"
The bell in use at the
Presbyterian Church
until its merger . . . — — Map (db m95419) HM
On Main Street south of McCracken Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Dedicated to the memory and honor
of the men and women
of the Geneseo community
who served our country
in all wars and conflicts — — Map (db m95417) WM
On Main Street (U.S. 56) at East Avenue South, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
In memory of the
Defenders of our Union
1861 - 1865
Dedicated to the
honor and sacrifice of our
men and women
who served our country
in war and peace — — Map (db m53322) HM
On Avenue M (U.S. 56) at 12th Road, on the left when traveling west on Avenue M.
Eighty years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, Spanish explorers visited Kansas. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, seeking gold in New Mexico, was told of Quivira by an Indian called the Turk. Here were "trees hung with golden bells and . . . — — Map (db m53314) HM
On Avenue M (U.S. 56) near 12th Road, on the left when traveling west.
One mile south is the hand-dug well that served the U.S. Cavalry and Santa Fe Trail travelers in the 1860s.
For five days in July, 1864, 600 Indians besieged a trading post near the well and a wagon train nearby. When the attackers tried to . . . — — Map (db m53319) HM
On Avenue M (U.S. 56) near 12th Road, on the left when traveling west.
This Cross is erected to the memory of Father Padilla, Franciscan Missionary, who stood with Coronado at the erection of the first Christian Cross on these prairies. Father Padilla devoted his life to the service of the Cross and to the Indians of . . . — — Map (db m53320) HM
On West Avenue South south of West Main Street (U.S. 56), on the right when traveling south.
First known farmers in this area were the Wichita Indians • • • Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and Father Padilla came in 1541 • • • In 1821 William Becknell started traveling what is now known as the Santa Fe Trail • • • Settlers and a few mules . . . — — Map (db m156401) HM
On Commercial Street east of Grand Avenue (Kansas Highway 14), on the left when traveling east.
This land was deeded
to the
City of Lyons
by J. W. and Mahala
Workman
on
August 7, 1882
This tablet dedicated
to their memory
by a grateful citizenry
1945 — — Map (db m95264) HM
On Broadway (State Highway 14/96) north of Cooper Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
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American Presbyterian
and Reformed Historical Site
No. . . . — — Map (db m121804) HM
On Broadway (State Highway 14/96) at Van Buren Street, on the right when traveling south on Broadway.
Originally built c. 1884 as the United Brethren Church, this clapboard building was purchased for the A.M.E. congregation in 1917. The Sterling College class of 1936 bought the bell that was housed in the elaborate three-tier cupola above the . . . — — Map (db m95283) HM
On Broadway (State Highway 14/96) south of Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
E. Branson Cowgill established the city's first newspaper, the Rice County Gazette, at this location in 1876. J. E. Junkin combined the Gazette and Bulletin in 1891. The Gazette name was dropped and the classic tin front added in 1899. The Sterling . . . — — Map (db m95287) HM
On Broadway (State Highway 14/96) south of Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
Dr. P. [Powhatan] P. Trueheart built this building known as the "Doctors Block" in 1882. His son, Dr. Marion Trueheart, was a pioneer in the use of x-ray and the introduction of radium for cancer treatment at this location. The upstairs was . . . — — Map (db m95285) HM
On Broadway (State Highway 14/96) at Monroe Street, on the right when traveling south on Broadway.
A. G. Landis and G. W. Hollinger, the town's first merchants, built a store on this site in May of 1872. The original building was located at what is now known as Dysart Park. The Landis Hollinger Mercantile expanded fifty feet to the north where . . . — — Map (db m95268) HM
On Broadway (State Highway 14/96) at Monroe Street, on the right when traveling south on Broadway.
In 1895 this corner lot was purchased to house the dry goods business of A.L. Mincer. By 1913 the Mincer Building had grown into a modern day two-story department store covering two city lots. In 1993 Gene and Miki Zaid purchased the building to . . . — — Map (db m95271) HM
On Monroe Street west of Broadway (Kansas Highway 14/96), on the right when traveling west.
T.H. Brown, owner of the Citizens State Bank, built this office building with the unusual arched doorways in 1900. It had upstairs apartments and also housed such businesses as Hockaday Broom Corn Company, Western Union, and other professional . . . — — Map (db m95284) HM
On Broadway (State Highway 14/96) at Jackson Street, on the right when traveling south on Broadway.
Built in 1903, by R.B. Allington, a local builder, the passenger station featured separate male and female waiting rooms. The railroad saw much activity during WWI and WWII and was an important source of transportation for Sterling College students . . . — — Map (db m95282) HM