Historical Markers and War Memorials in Columbus, Kansas

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Columbus, Kansas

1 ► Kansas, Cherokee County, Columbus — Cherokee County WWI Veterans Memorial Clock Tower — "Dedicated to Veterans of All Wars" —

1919 • Donated thru civic contributions Mrs. C.E. Bartlett, Chairperson 1955 • Removed from old courthouse 1983 • Rediscovered & refurbished by Mr. Starr Smith 1988 • Donated & rededicated to all Cherokee County Veterans by Starr & Eugenia . . . — — Map (db m34726) WM

2 ► Kansas, Cherokee County, Columbus — Columbus State Bank 100th Anniversary —

. . . — — Map (db m34713) HM

3 ► Kansas, Cherokee County, Columbus — Robert Alexander Long — 1875 —

Robert Alexander Long in 1875 established his first lumber yard at this site. Fifty years later Long-Bell lumber company was the largest lumber company in the world. www.ralonghistoricalsociety.org — — Map (db m96967) HM

4 ► Kansas, Cherokee County, Columbus — The History of Columbus —

The Cherokee Indians were given this land in an 1835 treaty becoming the Cherokee Neutral Lands. Kansas was established as a state in 1861. The territory became Cherokee County named for the Cherokee Indian Nation. During the Civil War the . . . — — Map (db m60770) HM

5 ► Kansas, Cherokee County, Columbus — Three-Way Interlocking Crossing —

Unique railroading history is on display before you. A three-way interlocking railway crossing. The crossing, formerly located in the northern part of Columbus, was donated to the City of Columbus by the Burlington Northern Railroad. At the . . . — — Map (db m11593) HM

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