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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Horton

 
Clickable Map of Brown County, Kansas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Brown County, KS (10) Atchison County, KS (40) Doniphan County, KS (33) Jackson County, KS (10) Nemaha County, KS (20) Richardson County, NE (1)  BrownCounty(10) Brown County (10)  AtchisonCounty(40) Atchison County (40)  DoniphanCounty(33) Doniphan County (33)  JacksonCounty(10) Jackson County (10)  NemahaCounty(20) Nemaha County (20)  RichardsonCountyNebraska(1) Richardson County (1)
Horton, Kansas and Vicinity
    Brown County (10)
    Atchison County (40)
    Doniphan County (33)
    Jackson County (10)
    Nemaha County (20)
    Richardson County, Nebraska (1)
 
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1Kansas (Brown County), Horton — "Four Horsemen of the Lines"
On Central Avenue (U.S. 73/159) at 17th Street, on the right when traveling north on Central Avenue.
Unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history captures high drama and momentum as the last miles of line are pulled only the day before energization for the Brown-Atchison Electric Cooperative Association, . . . — Map (db m63775) HM
2Kansas (Brown County), Horton — 111 — First REA Project in Kansas
On 15th Street (U.S. 73) near 5th Avenue East, on the right when traveling east.
At this site the first power pole for the Brown-Atchison Electric Cooperative was dedicated in special ceremony on November 10, 1937. Brown-Atchison was the first rural electric project to energize in Kansas financed by loan funds from the Rural . . . — Map (db m63774) HM
3Kansas (Brown County), Horton — Horton Civic Center[Brown County Fairgrounds]
On 7th Street at 1st Avenue West, on the left when traveling west on 7th Street.
. . . — Map (db m63782) HM
 
 
  
  
 
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Nov. 24, 2020