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The History of the Alma National Bank

By flinthillsspecial on March 1, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

Daddy’s War

By flinthillsspecial on November 9, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

Law and Order: The Anthony King Murder

By flinthillsspecial on May 3, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

The History of Wabaunsee County Newspapers

By flinthillsspecial on February 25, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Alma Bottling Works

By flinthillsspecial on January 11, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

All Indian Trails Lead to Lawrence Photos

By flinthillsspecial on November 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Wabaunsee County Schools

District 22 - Pavilion School

Pavilion School boys enjoy a game of marbles during recess. This photo, dated 1936 identifies the boys, left to right as Dan Glover, Dale Feyh, Dale Townsend and Bill Ekart.

Moon Bros. Circus Comes To Town

Moon Bros. Circus Poster, 1924, Click on image to view.

Gasoline Gallery

This Sinclair station was located at the northwest corner of K4 Highway and Southwest Douglas Road in Dover, Kansas. Built by Arthur Bowker in 1928, the station was being operated by Marvin Gurtler when this photograph was taken in he 1930s. Photo courtesy Wayne Gurtler.

The Cold War in the Flint Hills

By flinthillsspecial on October 24, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )
Atlas Missle Delivery

– By Greg Hoots – For four years in the early 1960s the Flint Hills of Wabaunsee County was home to one of America’s weapons of global destruction, an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile […]

The Early History of Lake Wabaunsee: 1933-1945

By flinthillsspecial on October 24, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )
Lake Wabaunsee, 1937 Aerial View of Lake Construction

– By Greg Hoots – In 1925 the Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission was formed, and soon that agency began constructing state lakes across Kansas. In Wabaunsee County, a group of […]

Otto Kratzer and His Great Western Adventure

By flinthillsspecial on October 24, 2016 • ( 4 Comments )
The Adventure Begins

– By Greg Hoots – The dawn of the 20th century found America hungry for motorization.  In the 1890s the first powered motorcars were being developed in Europe by German engineers Karl […]

Paxico Gallery

By flinthillsspecial on October 24, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )
Glotzbach Store, Paxico, Kansas

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McFarland Gallery

By flinthillsspecial on October 24, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )
H.W. Heine Livery and Feed Barn, McFarland, Kansas Postcard

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Maple Hill

By flinthillsspecial on October 24, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )
Bird’s-eye View of Maple Hill from Elevator

The name “Maple Hill” was coined by Isabella (Bourassa) Higganbotham, who was appointed the settlement’s first postmaster on May 1, 1862, providing mail service to the few families in the area. Maple […]

Lake Wabaunsee Gallery

By flinthillsspecial on October 24, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )
Kansas Emergency Relief Committee Transient Camp, Lake Wabaunsee

Click on any image below to view in a gallery format or as a full-screen image: Learn more about the story of Lake Wabaunsee by clicking the link below: The Early History […]

Harveyville

By flinthillsspecial on October 24, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )
Harveyville, Kansas Business District

Harveyville, Kansas was founded in 1880 by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, who platted the town with the completion of the ATSF-owned Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame Railroad. There had been […]

Eskridge

By flinthillsspecial on October 24, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )
Skyline View, Eskridge, Kansas - 1880s

     Eskridge, Kansas was founded in 1869 by Colonel Ephraim. H. Sanford who platted the town built on the rolling prairie of Wilmington Township. Sanford’s town was located at “the Corners”, an […]

Alma Gallery

By flinthillsspecial on October 23, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )
Missouri St Parade - Alma, KS - 1886

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Longren Aircraft Lands at Alma

This is one of three photos of Albin Longren's Model AK airplane at Alma, Kansas while he was giving an airshow for a crowd This view, circa 1922, was photographed by Selma Steinmeyer Schultz. Photo Courtesy Keith Schultz.

Explore Flint Hills Caves

View photographer Tom Parish's unique views of Flint Hills caves and cellars.

View photographer Tom Parish's unique views of Flint Hills caves and cellars.

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