view gallery SW23.5 km | Fort Zarah in Kansas Historical Markers On US 56 in Fort Zarah Park. posted by: Markerman62 location: Kansas date approved: 01/31/2015 last visited: 03/27/2015 |
view gallery SW25.9 km | AT & SF 3416 - Great Bend, KS in Locomotives This locomotive is on display in a park in Great Bend, KS. (at the corner of 23rd St. & Main St.) posted by: DaveGoliath location: Kansas date approved: 09/11/2009 last visited: 12/20/2009 |
view gallery SW26.1 km | Brit Spaugh Park and Zoo in Zoos The park entrances have been redone. This one is no longer open. Enter a little north of here on Main St. or on the south or west side of the block.
posted by: Wing Rider location: Kansas date approved: 01/26/2006 last visited: 04/24/2006 |
view gallery SW26.9 km | Golden Belt Bicycle Company in Bicycle Shops Located in Great Bend, Kansas posted by: Wing Rider location: Kansas date approved: 04/02/2006 last visited: never |
view gallery SE30.1 km | Fray Juan de Padilla Cross - Lyons, Kansas in Christian Crosses Cross located along US Hwy 56 west of Lyons, Kansas. posted by: BruceS location: Kansas date approved: 06/09/2012 last visited: 06/09/2021 |
view gallery SE30.1 km | Father Padilla's Cross - Lyons, Kansas in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Cross located along US Hwy 56 west of Lyons, Kansas. posted by: BruceS location: Kansas date approved: 06/10/2012 last visited: 06/09/2021 |
view gallery SE30.1 km | Coronado and Quivira - Lyons, Kansas in Kansas Historical Markers Marker giving brief history of Coronado's travels to the area in 1541 located along US Hwy 56 west of Lyons, Kansas. posted by: BruceS location: Kansas date approved: 06/19/2012 last visited: 05/29/2017 |
view gallery SE30.1 km | Cow Creek Station - Lyons, Kansas in Kansas Historical Markers Marker for important location along the Santa Fe Trail. posted by: BruceS location: Kansas date approved: 06/18/2012 last visited: 05/14/2021 |
view gallery N33.6 km | Worlds Largest Hand-Painted Czech Egg in Realistic Object Sculptures This is a very large hand-painted Czech egg. posted by: BWJM location: Kansas date approved: 03/04/2018 last visited: 03/08/2022 |
view gallery N33.8 km | Monsignor John F. McManus Post 256 -- Wilson KS in Legion Posts and Branches The Monsignor John F. McManus Post 262 in Wilson KS occupies a historic building in downtown Wilson KS. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 04/22/2013 last visited: 03/15/2013 |
view gallery N33.8 km | Wilson Downtown Historic District #3 -Southside -- Wilson KS in U.S. National Register of Historic Places This second of two National Register Historic Districts in Wilson KS is composed of one block of post-rock limestone buildings on 27th Street in downtown Wilson. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 04/22/2013 last visited: 03/15/2013 |
view gallery N33.8 km | White Eagle Station -- Wilson KS in Vintage Gas Stations The beautiful White Eagle gas station was built in downtown Wilson KS in 1926, when old US 40 went through town. Long since bypassed by new US 40 and the I-70, this old station now houses the Wilson Chamber of Commerce. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 04/25/2013 last visited: 03/15/2013 |
view gallery N33.8 km | Sunflower Refined Coal -- Wilson KS in Ghost Signs A ghost sign on the side of an abandoned corrugated metal grain elevator next to the UP Railraod tracks in downtown Wilson KS posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 02/12/2014 last visited: 09/10/2020 |
view gallery N33.8 km | Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines Memorial -- Wilson KS in World War I Memorials and Monuments A large beautifully sculptural WWI memorial in Legion Park, on the edge of downtown Wilson KS. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 04/24/2013 last visited: 05/02/2015 |
view gallery N34 km | Midland Hotel - Wilson, KS in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The historic Midland Hotel rose literally from the ashes of the Hotel Power, using the Power's post-rock limestone walls which were all that was left begind when the Hotel Power burned in 1902. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 04/22/2013 last visited: 03/15/2013 |
view gallery N34 km | JG0718 Wilson Municipal Tank -- Wilson KS in U.S. Benchmarks The Wilson Municipal Tank has been serving this Czech outpost in central KS since the 1920s. It is listed as NGS Benchmark JG0718. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 04/22/2013 last visited: 07/23/2022 |
view gallery N34 km | Wilson Municipal Tank -- Wilson KS in Water Towers Not NEARLY the coolest water tower in Wilson, the Wilson Muncipal Tank is still fairly spiffy with its red hat. This tank is also NGS benchmark JG0718. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 04/22/2013 last visited: 07/23/2022 |
view gallery N34 km | Wilson Fire Department in Firehouses The volunteer fire department of tiny Wilson KS (pop 780) has more equipment than will fit in its fire station! posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 04/28/2013 last visited: 05/02/2015 |
view gallery N34 km | Old Limestone Jail -- Wilson KS in Retired Prisons Originally built as a water tower near the turn of the century, this round building made of post-rock limestone was converted to a jail in the 1950s. It was retired in the 1960s when a modern jail opened. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 04/22/2013 last visited: 03/08/2022 |
view gallery N34 km | Wilson Downtown Historic District #1 - Main St. -- Wilson KS in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Czech town of Wilson KS is home to two National Register Historic Districts. This particular historic district is on and around Main street and 24th-26th streets in this picturesque town. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 04/22/2013 last visited: 05/02/2015 |
view gallery N34 km | Old Limestone Water Tower and Jail -- Wilson KS in Water Towers Originally built as a water tower near the turn of the century, this round building made of post-rock limestone was converted to a jail in the 1950s. It was retired in the 1960s when a modern jail opened. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 04/22/2013 last visited: 03/08/2022 |
view gallery N34 km | Round Water Tower and Jail -- Wilson KS in Odd-Shaped Buildings Originally built as a water tower near the turn of the century, this round building made of post-rock limestone was converted to a jail in the 1950s. It was retired in the 1960s when a modern jail opened. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 04/22/2013 last visited: 03/08/2022 |
view gallery N34 km | Tobias Water Tower/Old Jail, Wilson, Kansas in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings This building was originally built as a water tower, was later converted to a jail and is a contributing building to one of the two Historic Districts in Wilson, Kansas. posted by: Queens Blessing location: Kansas date approved: 05/29/2010 last visited: 03/08/2022 |
view gallery N34 km | Coca Cola mural, Wilson KS in Coca Cola Memorabilia This nice mural is on an old stone building in historic Wilson, KS. posted by: Queens Blessing location: Kansas date approved: 05/29/2010 last visited: 08/19/2012 |
view gallery N34 km | Czech Pioneers Memorial Flagpole -- Wilson KS in Citizen Memorials A plaque and flagpole dedicated to the area's Czech pioneers, who made a home on this strech of KS prairie. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 04/25/2013 last visited: 03/15/2013 |
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