Historical Markers and War Memorials in Russell, Kansas
Russell is the county seat for Russell County
Russell is in Russell County
Russell County(22) ► ADJACENT TO RUSSELL COUNTY Barton County(61) ► Ellis County(83) ► Ellsworth County(28) ► Lincoln County(1) ► Osborne County(18) ► Rush County(7) ►
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Erected by
Union Pacific Railroad Company
to mark the burial place of
Alexander McKeefer and John Lynch
who were killed
by a band of Cheyenne Indians,
May 28, 1869
while working as track laborers
two miles west of
Fossil Creek . . . — — Map (db m95544) HM
On 8th Street at Kansas Street, on the left when traveling east on 8th Street.
Created in honor of Irishman Nicholas Gernon, a blacksmith by trade and one of the original members of the Ripon Colony - founders of Russell in 1871. He served as director of the Town Site Company well into the mid 1880s. In 1872 he built the . . . — — Map (db m95518) HM
On Lincoln Street south of 4th Street, on the left when traveling north.
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty . . . — — Map (db m95331) HM
On Wichita Avenue (Business U.S. 40) at Jay Street, on the left when traveling east on Wichita Avenue.
WWI [Honored Dead]
Marcellus J. Banworth • August Beam • Jack Black • Albert E. Bodmer • J. Fred Boxberger • Arthur Lee Boyles • Frank D. Brainerd • Laurel Felix Brandenburg • Thomas J. Buchan • Galen Elliot Cooper • David Deines • Floyd . . . — — Map (db m95602) WM
On Wichita Avenue (Business U.S. 40) east of Jay Street, on the left when traveling east.
When railroads first built across Kansas in the 1860s, Plains Indians inhabited much of the central and western part of the state. They did not welcome the incursion, sensing a danger to the buffalo herds that provided them with food, shelter, and . . . — — Map (db m95588) HM
On Wichita Avenue (Business U.S. 40) east of Copeland Street, on the left when traveling east.
With the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
this tree is dedicated to
Lt. Col. Carl Karst
and all
Prisoners of War
and
Missing in Action — — Map (db m95603) WM
On Kansas Street at 8th Street, on the right when traveling south on Kansas Street.
In honor of those making
the supreme sacrifice
in WWII
Carl Robert Laubhan
March 15, 1945
by his sisters
Esther White & Frances Wagner — — Map (db m95521) WM
