Historical Markers and War Memorials in Caney, Kansas
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Caney is in Montgomery County
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On Taylor Avenue near Hooker Street, on the left when traveling west.
Manufactured 1822 at
Fort Pitt Foundry, Pitts. Pa (FPF)
6 pound shell, 3 5/8 bore, weight 742 lbs.
The impractical slender design caused the barrel to burst. Only 100 were manufactured. Only 14 of this style survive in the United States. . . . — — Map (db m57888) HM
On 4th Avenue at State Street, on the right when traveling west on 4th Avenue.
Location of Dr. J. W. Bell's Trading Post and Village Water Well, hand dug by John Luppy. Also, original Caney Survey Point and Marker. — — Map (db m57847) HM
On 9th Avenue west of Main Street, on the left when traveling west.
Constructed by
The United States Government
Works Progress Administration
August 1938 – October 1939
First Night Game September 29, 1939
Caney 39 Altoona 0
Stadium Dedication October 27, 1939
Caney 19 Sedan 0 . . . — — Map (db m57877) HM
On Wood Street near 4th Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
This brick street was laid in 1907 using bricks from Caney plants that were part of the early industrial expansion.
This street has been preserved as a memorial to the citizens of Caney who were major contributors through oil and gas exploration . . . — — Map (db m57849) HM
On Taylor Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
To Our Defenders
1775 – 1918
This monument sponsored by
Ernest Brown Post 138 American Legion,
was erected by the
patriotic organizations and
citizens of Caney
Dedicated to the memory
of these Caney men,
who in World . . . — — Map (db m57887) WM
Near this monument March 8, 1862, Captain Richard C. Mason of the 16th Arkansas Cavalry and was severly wounded and his horse killed. Mason was rescued by Frank Colbert a Chickasaw. Mason served for the duration of the war, and received an honorable . . . — — Map (db m57880) HM WM
On 4th Avenue at Hooker Street, on the right when traveling east on 4th Avenue.
Dedicated to George Wark
And the Men of Company D
Attorney (1903), State Senator, (1917)
and Leader in Montgomery
County Legal Profession.
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Capt. Co. D 139th Inf. WW1 (1918)
1st American . . . — — Map (db m57850) HM WM
Taught school for 76 years. Her pupils included Harry Sinclair, W.E. Disney, Martin Johnson, and many others of prominence. During a very useful and successful life she wrote the school laws for Oklahoma, was a foe of corruption in public office . . . — — Map (db m57882) HM
Library registered of 19 United States Patents, Inventor of many devises for the oil industry. Engineer for the U.S.A. during the World War-2. He conceived the idea of Christ’s statue atop Devils Tower which he dedicated to the Christian World and . . . — — Map (db m57886) HM
On 4th Avenue at Hooker Street, on the right when traveling east on 4th Avenue.
To commemorate the memory of those
who served their country in the
World War 1917-1919
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Earnest B. Brown · James H. Canary · Frank D. Coate · Glenn C. Gillen · Elic C. Monger · Homer B. Price · Paul E. Williams . . . — — Map (db m57873) WM
