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A paper written on the history of Bennington states that Bennington is an Indian name meaning "place of fine trees." The same article also states that co-city founder George R. Parker gave the town its name after Bennington, Vermont. [8] The Solomon Valley Railroad, a branch of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, reached Bennington in 1878. [7]
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places website since that time. [3]
A prolonged and widespread tornado outbreak affected a large portion of the United States in late-May 2013 and early-June 2013. The outbreak was the result of a slow-moving but powerful storm system that produced several strong tornadoes across the Great Plains states, especially in Kansas and Oklahoma.
Twin Valley USD 240 is a public unified school district headquartered in Bennington, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of Bennington, Culver, Tescott, Glendale, and nearby rural areas. [2]
Kansas: A History (1984) Dean, Virgil W., ed. John Brown to Bob Dole: Movers and Shakers in Kansas History (2010), 27 short biographies by scholars; Gille, Frank H. ed. Encyclopedia of Kansas Indians Tribes, Nations and People of the Plains (1999) Hazelrigg, Clara H. A New History of Kansas (1895) online; Miner, Craig.
Bennington's historic downtown extends along United States Route 7 (North and South Streets), from Elm Street in the south to the Walloomsac River in the north, and along Vermont Route 9, from a short way west of its junction with US 7 to Silver Street. It includes a broad diversity of commercial, civic, and cultural buildings, dating mainly ...
K-18 eastbound overlapped with I-70 and US-40. K-18 begins near the town of Bogue in Graham County as it branches off to the south from US-24. The highway then stairsteps to the southeast through the towns of Damar, Palco, Plainville, and Codell in Rooks County; Natoma in Osborne County; Paradise, Waldo, Luray, and Lucas in Russell County (K-18 is duplexed with US-281 for 9 miles (14 km) west ...
Columbian History of Education in Kansas: An Account of the Public-school System ... and a Brief Outline of the Work Accomplished in Private and Denominational Schools. Press of the Hamilton printing Company: E. H. Snow, state printer. pp. 147– 151. Standard Atlas of Lincoln County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 72 pages; 1918.