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Historical Markers in Alton

 
Clickable Map of Osborne County, Kansas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Osborne County, KS (18) Ellis County, KS (83) Jewell County, KS (3) Lincoln County, KS (1) Mitchell County, KS (10) Rooks County, KS (1) Russell County, KS (22) Smith County, KS (10)  OsborneCounty(18) Osborne County (18)  EllisCounty(83) Ellis County (83)  JewellCounty(3) Jewell County (3)  LincolnCounty(1) Lincoln County (1)  MitchellCounty(10) Mitchell County (10)  RooksCounty(1) Rooks County (1)  RussellCounty(22) Russell County (22)  SmithCounty(10) Smith County (10)
Osborne is the county seat for Osborne County
Alton is in Osborne County
Osborne County (18)  ►
ADJACENT TO OSBORNE COUNTY
Ellis County (83)  ►
Jewell County (3)  ►
Lincoln County (1)  ►
Mitchell County (10)  ►
Rooks County (1)  ►
Russell County (22)  ►
Smith County (10)  ►
 
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1 ► Kansas, Osborne County, Alton — Alton — Established 1870 —
Customs Let's Celebrate!If you arrive before the sun on Easter morning, you won't find the citizens of Alton asleep. Instead, they will be participating in one of their annual events, the Alton Easter pageant of Passion Week. You don't . . . — — Map (db m131514) HM
2 ► Kansas, Osborne County, Alton — The Founding of Alton, Kansas —
In the fall of 1870 two men, Hiram C. Bull and Lyman T. Earl, set out from Cawker City Kansas to establish a new town in the South Fork Solomon River valley. They were drawn to this location by the 200-foot high bluffs rising above a wide bend in . . . — — Map (db m131515) HM
3 ► Kansas, Osborne County, Alton — The Historic Bohemian Hall & Cultural Center — Osborne County Historical Marker —
Many Czech families, known locally as Bohemians, settled in the late 19th Century in the area of southwest Smith, northeast Rooks and northwest Osborne Counties. Interest soon developed to establish a Czech fraternal organization to strengthen the . . . — — Map (db m123092) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 9, 2026