The park statues were exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Brought here by early Wamego proprietor, J.C. Rogers, this statue represents Science. The statue located on the island represents Art. — — Map (db m80909) HM
The Columbian Eagle is dedicated
to
Colonel Raymond E. Morris
USAF Retired
First Columbian Theatre
Foundation Executive Secretary
and extraordinary volunteer,
without whom
The Columbian renovation
would not have been . . . — — Map (db m80907) HM
East of this marker is where the Military Road and the Oregon/California trail crossed the Vermillion River. The crossing was named for Louis Vieux, who was of Native American and French descent. He established a toll bridge there in the 1850s . . . — — Map (db m246356) HM
Built in 1879 twelve miles north of Wamego by a Dutch immigrant, this old mill was used to grind grain into flour and cornmeal. In 1925 thirty-five team and wagons moved the mill to Wamego. Each stone was taken down numbered and rebuilt exactly as . . . — — Map (db m32604) HM
Dedicated by the women of POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY in honor of those from the county who answered their country's call and to the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War, 1914-1918 Louis W. Beard • Walter . . . — — Map (db m32606) HM
This 20-ton boulder was found on the John Winter farm 9 miles NW of Wamego and brought here by wagon in 1907. Believed to be 40 million years old, its sand and quartz content were polished by glacial action. — — Map (db m80910) HM
Of Pottawatomie Indian and French ancestry, Louis Vieux was an early resident of this area. Probably born near Lake Michigan, Vieux, with a portion of the Pottawatomies, moved to Iowa and later Indianola, Kan., near Topeka. In 1847 or 1848, Vieux . . . — — Map (db m32608) HM
The Native Americans called the Oregon Trail The Great Medicine Road of the Whites as they watched countless thousands of white-topped wagons and seemingly endless moving of troops. Here at the Vieux Crossing was the first major campground west . . . — — Map (db m246353) HM
Dedicated by the women of
Pottawatomie County
in honor of those from the county
who answered their country's call
and to the memory of these
who made the supreme sacrifice
in the World War, 1914-1918
Louis W. Beard • Walter . . . — — Map (db m80911) WM
