On Santa Fe Avenue at Little Turkey Creek, on the right when traveling south on Santa Fe Avenue.
The King Bridge Company constructed the Austin Bridge in 1872. The 160-foot bowstring arch design would span the Neosho River east of what is now Chanute. The pioneers invested $15,000 in the bridge for their economic future of getting livestock . . . — — Map (db m92302) HM
The Wright Brothers received their copy of Mr. Chanute's book personally from the author, who became both their friend and advisor.
Mr. Chanute visited the Wrights at Dayton, Oh. and Kitty Hawk, N.C.. Illness caused Mr. Chanute to miss the . . . — — Map (db m57294) HM
On Santa Fe Avenue north of 190th Road / 35th Street, on the left when traveling north.
This memorial is dedicated to all Chanute Area Veterans, past, present and future. We must never forget the sacrifices made by these brave men and women while protecting our freedoms and our way of life.
11 November, 2013
History of the . . . — — Map (db m92304) HM WM
On Main Street at the former railroad grade crossing, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
Our city was named after Octave Chanute, a noted engineer who designed railroads throughout the United States. He also built the first bridge over the Missouri River at Kansas City.
He was a mentor and friend to Wilbur and Orville Wright. His . . . — — Map (db m57268) HM
On Pine Street at Northwestern Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Pine Street.
Originally purchased Sept. 11, 1902 by the city as a rock quarry. Dedicated as a park on April 5, 1912 after the January 10, 1912, park bond election. 10 acres. — — Map (db m41563) HM
On Main Street at Evergreen, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Jesse Lee Jackson was born on January 20, 1917, in Tennessee Colony, Texas. He moved with his family to Chanute at the age of 5. He graduated from Chanute High School and attended Chanute Junior College.
Jesse's dedication to our community was . . . — — Map (db m57305) HM
On Main Street at the former railroad grade crossing, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
"If he (Chanute) has not lived, the entire history of progress in flying would have been other than it has been, for he encouraged not only the Wright Brothers to persevere in their experiments, but (his) private correspondence with experimenters . . . — — Map (db m57272) HM
In 1873, Octave Chanute collaborated with the four towns of Tioga, Alliance, New Chicago and Chicago Junction to successfully convince the railroad to run a main line through this area.
For his efforts the towns agreed to name the "new" town . . . — — Map (db m57297) HM
Mr. Chanute moved to Chicago in 1889 and began working on solving "the problem of the ages" - heavier-than-air flight.
Chanute corresponded with men all over the world interested in flight. He gathered all the information he could find, looking . . . — — Map (db m57299) HM
On Main Street at the former railroad grade crossing, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Born in Paris in 1832, Octave Chanute immigrated to the U.S. at the age of six. Even with no education in engineering, he would become one of the foremost engineers of the 19th Century through involvement in railroading, bridge building, . . . — — Map (db m57296) HM
Mr. Chanute's 1891 book "Progress in Flying Machines" made him the world's first aviation historian, but, more importantly, for the first time experimenters could read of work done before them and not waste time by repetition.
His 1896 biplane . . . — — Map (db m57300) HM
On Santa Fe Avenue at Little Turkey Creek, on the right when traveling south on Santa Fe Avenue.
Located about three miles northeast of Chanute on the eastern riverbank at a ford now known as Brown Wells Dam the town of Osage City sprang up in 1856. A man named John Beck and others came to the area from the Tioga River basin in New York. Beck . . . — — Map (db m92301) HM
On Main Street at the former railroad grade crossing, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
"Let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine now only dimly foreseen and nevertheless thought to be possible, will bring nothing but good into the world, that it shall abridge distance, make all parts of the globe accessible, bring . . . — — Map (db m57293) HM
On Lincoln Avenue at 1st Street, on the right when traveling south on Lincoln Avenue.
Dedicated to the
men and women of Chanute
who were in the service of the country
in the wars in which the United States
has been engaged
World War I [Roll of Honored Dead]
World War II [Roll of Honored Dead]
Korea [Roll . . . — — Map (db m57306) WM
William S. (Bill) Slane was born August 31, 1916 in Chanute, Kansas. He attended Chanute schools and graduated as a member of the National Honor Society. He served in the U. S Navy during WW II and was a member of the American Legion. Upon returning . . . — — Map (db m268799) HM
