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Politics – In Kansas, the political atmosphere was highly divided. Towns were either pro-slavery or abolitionist. When Kansas became a free state in 1861, pro-slavery towns died out. Survival of a town also depended on if it won the county seat. Towns that were contenders for the county seat and lost typically saw most, if not all, of their ...
Residential Resources of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas 1870–1957 MPS. The district is a 40-acre property northwest of Wichita's aircraft related industrial district. It consists of Linwood Place Addition and Darrah’s First Addition platted in 1943 and 1949, respectively.
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Wichita, Kansas" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Wichita Eagle photographer Travis Heying captured these images of the northern lights on Friday night near the Marion and Chase County line. ... The abandoned stone limestone house in the pasture ...
Kansas counties. There are over 1,600 buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Kansas listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas. NRHP listings appear in 101 of the state's 105 counties.
Theorosa's Bridge is a reportedly haunted bridge located west of 109th Street North and Meridian between the towns of Sedgwick and Valley Center in Kansas. The bridge spans Jester Creek. Due to its reputation it has become a site of local folklore. [1] Over the years, it has burned down and been rebuilt.
Wichita County Commissioner Mark Beauchamp displays a plaster eagle removed from an abandoned 108-year-old courtroom in the Wichita County Courthouse. After restoration the eagle will be installed ...
Schlitterbahn Kansas City: Kansas City: 2009–2018 Boyle's Joyland Kiddie Park Topeka: Frontier Land U.S.A. Wichita 1960? – 196? Built to celebrate the Kansas Centennial (1961) Joyland Amusement Park: Wichita: 1949–2004, 2006 Kiddieland Amusement Park Wichita: 1959–1974 A shopping mall was built on the former site in 1975. [19] Playland ...