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The first settlement at Eureka was in 1857. [5] The first post office in Eureka was established in August 1858. [6] Eureka was laid out in 1867, and it was incorporated in 1870. [5]
The history of the Robertson House parallels the rise and fall of the Kansas oil industry. The home's eclectic Prairie-style design, unique in Kansas, reflected the owner's financial success. When he built the home in 1923 at a cost of $40,000, [ 2 ] oil drill contractor Russell Roy Robertson likely believed that oil prices would remain steady.
The Westside Service Station and Riverside Motel, at 325 W. River St. in Eureka, Kansas, was built in 1939. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. [1] The complex includes: an office and café building built in 1939, which has a steeply pitched roof as in Tudor Revival-style buildings.
Fort Montgomery in the town of Eureka, Kansas was built in summer 1861 by local citizens for protection against Indian attacks and Confederate guerrilla forces. [1] An earlier structure also named Fort Montgomery had been built in Linn County, Kansas, west of Mound City. Both were named after free-state leader James Montgomery.
Greenwood Hotel is a historic building at 300 N. Main Street in Eureka, Kansas, United States.The brick structure was constructed in 1882, to house visitors involved in the burgeoning cattle industry in the area.
Eureka Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Depot is a historic building at 416 E. 5th Street in Eureka, Kansas. The depot is on the Howard Branch of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway . It was built to replace an earlier 1879 depot, located just to the north.
The Kansas City area can boast more than 30 restaurants that have been around for at least five decades. ... Flashing red neon signs — “Since 1919” — broadcast the 103-year history to the ...
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