On Summit Street (U.S. 77) north of Maple Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
May 18, 1996
Torch Bearers
Charles Dow, Local Community Hero
Emily Bergkamp Michael Goff
Amanda Crouse Shaunta Lolar
Greg Gann Trisha Morgan
Jenny Graham Brooke Snowden
Nick Gilliland Chad Taylor
100th Anniversary of the . . . — — Map (db m60510) HM
Near U.S. 77 near 312th Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Cherokee Outlet or Strip south of here was opened to a land rush in 1893. This tract of land was 60 miles wide and stretched along the Kansas-Oklahoma border. Due to a surveying error, a two-mile strip lay north of the Kansas border. The land . . . — — Map (db m304696) HM
On Summit Street (U.S. 77) south of Birch Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
"Robert Docking was a constant -- a man with Kansas qualities: plain spoken, affable, optimistic, strongly loyal and committed to family, friendship, community and public service. Enduring qualities."
Governor of the State of Kansas 1967 to . . . — — Map (db m60511) HM
On Summit Street (U.S. 77) north of Maple Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Engine 2542 was built in 1910 by the American Locomotive Company in Pittsburgh, PA., for the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway. In 1929, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway purchased the KCM & O Line and assigned this engine to the . . . — — Map (db m60487) HM
On 312th Street at U.S. 77, on the left when traveling west on 312th Street.
Dedicated to
the many thousands who pioneered
The Cherokee Strip
September 16, 1893
Thousands gathered in this area to start a
new frontier, six million acres of Cherokee
Indian land was opened to homesteaders.
Tension, danger . . . — — Map (db m60486) HM
On U.S. 166 at Kansas Highway 15, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 166.
Natural gas in this locality was first found in 1903 at Dexter, five miles north. The town, envisioning a prosperous future, advertised its discovery far and wide. Crowds gathered to see the well fired, then watched in dismay as the roaring gas . . . — — Map (db m304693) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 77) south of 8th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Owners
S. H. Jennings: 1901-1918
F. M. Benson: 1918-1920
Andrew Wilson: 1920-1941
E. H. Ruppelius: 1941-1974
Dorothy Fisher: 1974-1978
Joseph & Elizabeth Sears: 1978-1994
Elizabeth Sears Trust: 1994-
Occupants
Unknown: . . . — — Map (db m60528) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 77) at 9th Avenue (U.S. 160), on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
This corner marks the spot where in 1869 Colonel E. C. Manning placed the stake from which the City of Winfield was laid out. The first building in Winfield, Colonel Winfield's old log store, stood on this corner. In 1885, Henry Goldsmith . . . — — Map (db m60527) HM
Near College Street at East 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
*Barr, Allan USMC Bartlett, Gary USA Bistok, Joe USA *Bradford, Allen USA Brass, Steve USMC Brooks, Michael USA Bugbee, Rod USA Clinton, Dewitt USA Dial, Craig USA Dial, Keith USA Duckworth, Bill USMC Filbert, Charles USA . . . — — Map (db m229892) WM
