When the last red man has vanished from the earth, and his memory is only the shadow of a cloud moving across the prairie, these shores and forests will still hold the spirit of my People, for they love the earth as a newborn loves its mother's . . . — — Map (db m56748) HM
This site, originally platted in December, 1870, dates back to Wichita's early development with the establishment of the Wichita & Southwestern Railroad, later absorbed by the Santa Fe System. The railroad was completed at Wichita in May, 1872 and . . . — — Map (db m60594) HM
Dedicated to the many veterans who sacrificed for the freedoms we enjoy today.
Flags have traditionally been symbols of persons united in some common association or effort. Within the American heritage, there have been many diverse interests and . . . — — Map (db m56932) HM WM
European interest was first represented in the “New World” by the Viking Banner of Leif Ericson and other intrepid Norse adventurers. This banner, according to tradition, made its way to Iceland, Greenland and presumably North America . . . — — Map (db m56936) HM
During the 1700s, the political and economic interests of the colonists began to enlarge and disputes began to develop with Great Britain. After the defeat of the French and their expulsion in 1763, the colonists could focus even more of their . . . — — Map (db m56943) HM
As secession swept the South, various state banners were created to symbolize the "independence" movement. Soon the Confederacy found it necessary, however, to adopt an appropriate "national" flag. The first was the famous Stars and Bars. During . . . — — Map (db m107792) HM
Samuel J. Crumbine (1862-1954) was a Pennsylvania native who established a medical practice in Dodge City in the 1880s. He became executive officer of the State Board of Health in 1906, and was famous for his efforts to improve hygiene by . . . — — Map (db m56717) HM
In Honor of one of 52 Submarines on Eternal Patrol
[Honor Roll of Lost Crew Members]
The United States Submarine Veterans organization of WWII was founded in 1955 and federally chartered in 1981. The chapter representing each state of the . . . — — Map (db m56635) HM
With the admission of Alaska in 1959 and Hawaii in 1960, the present fifty-star flag came into being. Like other flags of our nation, the fifty-star flag has seen the varied conditions that can beset a dynamic association of peoples. Under it, the . . . — — Map (db m56971) HM
Like the new nation, the first Stars and Stripes would see fuller development with the passage of time. Under the much-debated Articles of Confederation of 1781, it was agreed that America would create self-governing States in the western domain . . . — — Map (db m56959) HM
The obligations and responsibilities of becoming an imperial power as a result of the Spanish-American War quickly multiplied. The international problems that arose in Latin America, in the Philippines, and in China saw the first application of . . . — — Map (db m56970) HM
The United States emerged from the ordeal of the Civil War with deep gulfs of mistrust and bitterness. Reconstruction was lengthy. Then during the 1870's the natural wealth of the country, the industrious people, further expansion beyond the . . . — — Map (db m56967) HM
With the Revolution won and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the United States was extended westward to the Mississippi River. To the west of the Mississippi, the French Tricolor waved over French Louisiana until the purchase of that . . . — — Map (db m56947) HM
The first national flag is commonly identified as the Grand Union Flag. Although it was never officially approved or recognized, it was this flag that came to symbolize the growing pride in the name America and the strengthening union between the . . . — — Map (db m56945) HM
Albert Alexander Hyde (1848-1935) was a partner in founding The Yucca Company in 1889, which manufactured and marketed laundry and toilet soap and shaving cream. One of their first products was a cough syrup containing menthol and camphor, and . . . — — Map (db m56739) HM
This memorial is dedicated as a lasting tribute to all the service men and women of the United States Armed Forces from the State of Kansas and in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice with their lives on the battlefields of North and . . . — — Map (db m57541) HM
A member of a pioneer banking family which settled in Wichita during the 'boom' period of 1886, Mr. Naftzger devoted nearly seventy years of his life to banking. As an ardent patron of the arts and because of his strong ties to the city he grew . . . — — Map (db m60593) HM
The MK-14 torpedo was developed in the 1930's on a very meager budget. These torpedoes were successfully deployed during World War II, destroying more than four million tons of Japanese shipping.
Early in the war the MK-14 proved to be very . . . — — Map (db m56634) HM
Dedicated to all men and women
wounded in all our wars.
Military Order of the Purple Heart, 1782/1932.
“My stone is red for
the blood they shed.
The medal I bear
is my country's way
to show they care.
If I could be seen . . . — — Map (db m56651) HM
There was considerable concern that the addition of a new stripe for each new state would create hopeless confusion. Therefore, Congress established the still current law that provided that after July 4, 1818 the flag would show thirteen stripes . . . — — Map (db m56960) HM
The Eaton Hotel, built in 1887 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, is the cornerstone of the Eaton Place project. This endeavor saved both the original hotel and the remainder of the historic 500 block of East . . . — — Map (db m56384) HM
A pioneer in the field of X-ray technology, Ed C. Jerman (1865-1936), developed the "Jerman static machine," used by doctors as a source of power for various electrical treatments, and the only machine on the market large enough for X-rays. He . . . — — Map (db m56742) HM
With the signing of the Declaration of Indepenence, the Grand Union was automatically promoted to the status of a national banner and at the same time rendered obsolete. The British ties were snapped and the crosses of St. Andrew and St. George in . . . — — Map (db m56946) HM
Between 1818 and 1861 no less than 13 changes were made in the Stars and Stripes as a result of the westward expansion. With the admission of Kansas in 1861, the [S]tars and [S]tripes became a thirty-four star flag. It was this flag that would be . . . — — Map (db m56962) HM
World War II heavy cruiser -
The last U.S. "treaty cruiser"
Laid Down 28 Oct. 1935
Launched 16 Nov. 1937
Commissioned 16 Feb. 1939
Decommissioned 3 Feb. 1947
Struck 1 Mar. 1959
Displacement 10,000 Tons Length 608 ft. 4 in. . . . — — Map (db m56721) WM
In 1603, St. Georges Cross was joined with St. Andrews Cross, the Scottish Flag, to form the famous Union Flag or “Union Jack” of Great Britain. It was this flag which flew over the first British colonies in North America at Jamestown . . . — — Map (db m56939) HM
Side A
In memory of those who plied the North Atlantic routes, the Murmansk run, the Invasions of N. Africa, Italy, Normandy, Philippines, Okinawa and every other major Invasion around the Globe.
Recruited as an all volunteer group to . . . — — Map (db m56702) WM
In memory of 1,810 shipmates who did not return home and to all others who provided the firepower to give each ship involved a fighting chance to fulfill its mission.
[USNAG and USMM Honor Roll]
Keith E. Alquist Dean Brandis (USNAG) . . . — — Map (db m56711) HM
In Memory of All Vietnam Veterans
This memorial was erected in memory of the young individuals who went to war as kids and lost their youthful dreams, and some their lives, for a cause - Freedom and Honor - and came back as men with the . . . — — Map (db m56619) HM
We, the Vietnamese American Community of Wichita, Kansas, dedicate this plaque in the memory and honor of American, Vietnamese and Allied soldiers who fought to resist the North Vietnamese Communist aggression against the Republic of Vietnam. We . . . — — Map (db m56724) WM
Truth Will Out Salad Days Send Packing Knock Knock! Who's There? What The Dickens Wear My Heart Upon My Sleeve Bated Breath The Game Is Up Love Is Blind Breathed His Last Itching Palm Forever And A Day Goodness Sake World's . . . — — Map (db m56434) HM
Built As Warehouse For $14,000
First Tenant: Rumely Products Company
of Indiana
Builder: MacLean Construction Company, Chicago, IL
Renovated: 2006 as
Rumely Condominiums
Historic Address: 701 East Second
Current Address: 242 N. . . . — — Map (db m56448) HM
Built For Commercial & Manufacturing
(Second of 3 Buildings)
Original Spelling Rumely
Changed in the 1930's to Rumley
Historic Address: 239 N. Rock Island
Current Address: 238 N. Mead — — Map (db m56446) HM
1909
W.C. Coleman built a factory at 220 N. St. Francis. It served as the company headquarters for most of the twentieth century.
In 1889, Coleman found the lamp that would change his life. The "Efficient Lamp" had mantles, not wicks, and . . . — — Map (db m56568) HM
"It (streetcar 230 on the College Hill line) is a moving...collection of junk, rattling and torturing its inmates in a manner that would bring tears to the eyes of the turnkey of a Russian prison...If you can stand up in the car for a mile after . . . — — Map (db m60620) HM
Built 1897-1903
Renovated: 2004
Historic & Current Address:
800 East Douglas
Built 1897-1903
Renovated: 2004
Historic & Current Address:
802 East Douglas — — Map (db m60621) HM
Builder: Martin Carroll Construction
Company, Kansas City, Missouri
Architect: Fred G. McCune, Wichita, KS
Historic Address: 115/125 N. Mead
Current Address: 121 N. Mead — — Map (db m56512) HM
Builder: George Herman Siedhoff
Original Owner: George Innes Dry Goods
Construction Cost: $1,000,000
Reinforced Concrete Building
Original & Historic Address:
701 East First
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In Honor of . . . — — Map (db m56433) HM
Built For The Grant-Billingsley
Fruit Company
(Second of 4 Buildings)
Architect: Glenn H. Thomas, Wichita, Ks.
Historic Address: 141/143 N. Rock Island
Current Address: 143 N. Rock Island — — Map (db m56505) HM
Innes Wholesale Furniture Co.
No. 701 E. First
1919
When the George Innes Dry Goods Warehouse opened in 1919, it bought, manufactured and sold furniture and home furnishings.
1998
The building was converted into Innes Station, an . . . — — Map (db m56573) HM
Though trained as a painter, the medium Jim Yarnell (1917-[2011]) most enjoyed was photography. He was appointed advertising manager of the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita. During the summer of 1962, Yarnell spent 58 days photographing . . . — — Map (db m56465) HM
Johnson-Frazier Building
Fireproof! Rat-proof! Mouse-proof! This is how the Johnson-Frazier Building's earliest occupant, Wichita Fire Proof Storage Co., billed the concrete and brick Goliath when it opened in 1914.
Other businesses were . . . — — Map (db m56570) HM
Built as Wholesale Hardware Building
at a cost of $250,000
for Morton-Simmons Hardware Co.
featuring Keen Kutter Tools
and Equipment
Architect: Mauran, Russell and Garden,
St. Louis, Missouri
Builder: Wurster Construction Company, . . . — — Map (db m56450) HM
Built as free-standing wholesale
grocery warehouse for $70,000
Architect: Fred G. McCune,
Wichita, Kansas
Renovated: 1998 as Office
Historic & Current Address:
800 East First — — Map (db m56432) HM
Modern Cleaners
Larkspur Restaurant
No. 904-906 E. Douglas
1903-1922
The building located on East Douglas housed a series of businesses; first, James C. Smyth Hide Co., then Beacon Tire, and, in 1922, Modern Cleaners.
Dye . . . — — Map (db m56574) HM
1980
Downtown Wichita and the adjacent warehouse district were in decline. An exodus of businesses and retailers left many buildings in the area dilapidated and vacant. Fortunately, a committed group of professionals stepped forward, . . . — — Map (db m56516) HM
For a prairie town to grow and prosper, railroads were a necessity. They would bring more people and business. More opportunity for commerce and trade. Before long, Wichita was a bustling city with several railroad lines connecting it to the rest . . . — — Map (db m56539) HM
Morton-Simmons Hardware established its business on First Street in the large warehousing district around the rail connections east of downtown Wichita. The popular Keen Kutter brand name emblazoned on the cupola made the building an instant . . . — — Map (db m56541) HM
E.C. Simmons Keen Kutter Cutlery and Tools
With E.C. Simmons as president, Simmons Hardware Company was developed into one of the most extensive corporations of its kind with divisions in Wichita, Sioux City, Toledo, New York, . . . — — Map (db m56567) HM
1911
The City Commission forced the railroads to elevate the East Douglas tracks, which solved the problem of having the Santa Fe, Rock Island and Frisco lines crossing and often blocking the street. It also proposed that a single, or . . . — — Map (db m56569) HM
Built For The Grant-Billingsley
Fruit Company
(First of 4 Buildings)
Historic Address: 133 N. Rock Island
Current Address: 131 N. Rock Island — — Map (db m56486) HM
1872
Colonel Marshall M. Murdock published the first issue of The Wichita Eagle, now the city's only newspaper.
"Cities are not the result of chance nor do they make themselves. Their prosperity and greatness are in a large measure . . . — — Map (db m56537) HM
Built by State Highway Comm. of Kansas
Named in honor of John C. Mack
State Highway Commissioner of
the Fifth District at the time
of its authorization
State Highway Commission of Kansas
Arkansas River Bridge
U.S. Highway 81. . . . — — Map (db m56426) HM
