Historical Markers and War Memorials in Everest, Kansas
Hiawatha is the county seat for Brown County
Everest is in Brown County
Brown County(10) ► ADJACENT TO BROWN COUNTY Atchison County(40) ► Doniphan County(33) ► Jackson County(10) ► Nemaha County(20) ► Richardson County, Nebraska(2) ►
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125 years ago Everest was established when Edwin Sandison acquired a tract of land along the new Missouri Pacific Railroad right-of-way. The town was named after Col. Aaron S. Everest who projected the railroad extension connecting Atchison and . . . — — Map (db m77933) HM
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Thomas Corwin Honnell
Ohio Vol Infantry
Captain Civil War 1861-1865
Elmer Martin Larson
US Navy - WWI
Seaman - USS Delaware
DIA 10 8 [19]18
Hampton Roads, Va
Levin Joseph Gearhart . . . — — Map (db m77934) WM
Thomas Corwin Honnell
1840 - 1919
1840 - Born in Shelby County, Ohio
1857 - Teacher in Ohio Schools
1861 - Captain in the Union Army
Injured at Chic[k]amauga
Shook President Lincoln's Hand
1870 - Bought a 160 Acre Farm Two . . . — — Map (db m77905) HM
The Hutchison family's roots run deep in Kansas. Both Ted and Betty were born near Huron, Kansas where their parents and grandparents lived before them. Ted and Betty married in 1938 and after farming east of Everest during the early 1940's, they . . . — — Map (db m77954) HM
Don Nigus - ERHS '58
Reuben Sullivan - ERHS '65
Bob Edwardson - ERHS '60
In a "loco" mood they rambled down Main Street and into the pool hall, inciting a grass roots movement that gave birth to the Everest Community Park & . . . — — Map (db m77904) HM