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Stone Fences of Wabaunsee County

By wabaunseecomuseum on July 26, 2022

Wabaunsee County Video Recollections

By wabaunseecomuseum on July 12, 2021

Alma Portland Cement Works

By wabaunseecomuseum on December 24, 2016

Barn Dancing

By wabaunseecomuseum on November 18, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

The Barns of Wabaunsee County

By wabaunseecomuseum on October 31, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

The Cold War in the Flint Hills

By wabaunseecomuseum on October 24, 2016

Museum Hours

Tuesday – Saturday
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Closed Sundays, Mondays & Holidays

Admission
Free will donation

Address
227 Missouri St
Alma, KS 66401

Telephone
785-765-2200

The Romanians Are Coming!

By wabaunseecomuseum on July 28, 2022
Katherine and Johann Priedt

– by Paul Miller – My parents, Clarence and Lourine Miller, took advantage of a program through the Lutheran Church to sponsor a refugee family from Europe to bring them to the […]

Stone Fences of Wabaunsee County

By wabaunseecomuseum on July 26, 2022
View showing both original and restored stone fence in Wabaunsee County. Photo credit Nancy Crenshaw-Miller.

– by Paul Miller – One of the features of Wabaunsee County that visitors and natives enjoy viewing is the native stone fence.  Many of the fences are still in use today […]

Great-Grandfather’s Civil War Rifle

By wabaunseecomuseum on April 24, 2019

-by Dean Gladow- In retrospect, it was perhaps too much to expect. Great-grandfather “Fred” Heidemann, whose christened name– from the church record of his birth on January 13, 1834, at Petersdorf (near […]

Wabaunsee County Video Recollections

By wabaunseecomuseum on July 12, 2021

Click here for the main menu to view these recordings. These films are the result of a collaboration between Mark Feiden and the Wabaunsee County Historical Society. It is an ongoing effort […]

Hidden Cellar Discovered Beneath Museum Annex

By wabaunseecomuseum on July 15, 2020

Recently, while maintenance was underway in the Wabaunsee County Historical Society’s annex building, located at 223 S. Missouri Street in Alma, Kansas, a hidden  underground cellar or “cave” was discovered under the […]

1939 Phone Book, Alma, Eskridge, Maple Hill, Kansas

By wabaunseecomuseum on December 10, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

This American Telephone Company phone book from 1939 includes listings from Alma, Eskridge, and Maple Hill, Kansas. The covers provide a listing of local businesses, and virtually every business in the three […]

Prussian Hero Grandfather Adapts To Wabaunsee County

By wabaunseecomuseum on May 12, 2019

-by Dean Gladow [Note: Second in a series concerning the Heidemann/Bock/Gladow family.] Normally, a generation is thought to be about twenty-five years.  However, there are exceptions, including my maternal grandfather being 91 […]

Old Friends of the Flint Hills: Russell Woofter, 1915-2007

By wabaunseecomuseum on January 18, 2019

By Greg Hoots Author’s note:  This article originally appeared in the 2012 print edition of the Flint Hills Special. Russell Woofter was the hardest working man that I’ve ever known.  Russell approached […]

Matchbook Memories

By wabaunseecomuseum on November 25, 2018

One of the great inventions of the 19th century which greatly improved the quality of life for virtually all Americans was the creation of the match in the early 1800s. The first […]

Stanley Funeral Home, Eskridge, Kansas

By wabaunseecomuseum on October 24, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Editor’s note: This story of the Stanley Funeral Home was compiled with personal recollections of Judy Stanley Hayes who was a toddler while her family resided in Eskridge, Kansas, supplemented with photos […]

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Freedom’s Frontier: Stories from the Western Border

Wabaunsee County, On the Map

1884 Wabaunsee County Plat Map
1885 Wabaunsee County Plat Map – Pages scanned by Greg Hoots and assembled and stitched by Tom Parish.
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Wabaunsee Co1882 School Map
Map of school districts in Wabaunsee County in 1882.
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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.

Wabaunsee County Video Recollections

Explore Flint Hills Caves

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

Visit Mount Mitchell!

View of Mount Mitchell - by Tom Leopold

View of Mount Mitchell - by Tom Leopold

 

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