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The Colby Free Press is Colby's local newspaper, published four days a week. [33] In addition, Colby Community College publishes a bi-weekly student newspaper, the Trojan Express. [34] Colby is a center of broadcast media for northwestern Kansas. One AM and four FM stations are licensed to and/or broadcast from the city. [35]
The building is located at 1901 Olathe Bouelevard and was established in the mid-1890s by Horatio W. and Mary Gates. [2] That Gates family was among the first licensed embalmers in the state, and they built this Neoclassical-style funeral home in 1922 to house their growing business.
In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. Thomas County was founded on October 8, 1885.
Smith Funeral Home, Sunnyside, is in charge of arrangements. ... Colby Alan Cravens, 32, of Richland, died Dec. 27 in Kennewick. He was born in Richland and lived in the Tri-Cities area for 21 years.
The Colby City Hall, in Colby, Kansas at 585 N. Franklin Ave., was built in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1] It was designed by architects Suite and Blanchard of Garden City, Kansas. [2] Its design is Art Deco architecture. It has functioned as a City Hall; Meeting Hall; Library; Correctional Facility ...
The Thomas County Courthouse, located at 300 N. Court in Colby, is the seat of government of Thomas County, Kansas. The courthouse was built from 1906 to 1907 and replaced the county's original courthouse. Architect James C. Holland designed the courthouse in the Richardsonian Romanesque style.
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People who were born in, or strongly associated with, Colby, Kansas Pages in category "People from Colby, Kansas" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.