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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

Photo Friday: Strand Theatre of Eskridge

By wabaunseecomuseum on August 4, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

The Strand Theatre, located at 115 South Main Street in Eskridge, Kansas, opened in the mid-1950s, providing a modern movie house for residents of the surrounding area. The theater was owned by […]

The Photography of Charles Herman

By wabaunseecomuseum on July 9, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

Charles L. Herman was born in 1922 in Alma, Kansas, the son of Alma shoemaker, Fred Herrmann and his wife Mary Schubert Herrmann. Charles graduated from Alma High School and was a […]

Photo Friday: Modern Woodmen of American Log Rolling, August 30,1900

By wabaunseecomuseum on July 7, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

-by Greg Hoots- Modern Woodmen of America is a fraternal organization founded in 1883 in Lyons, Iowa by Joseph Cullen Root. Root was an esteemed businessman who had been very successful in […]

Herrmann’s Shoe and Harness Shops

By wabaunseecomuseum on July 2, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

-by Greg Hoots- Ferdinand and Christine Herrmann were a young German couple, married for five years when they immigrated to America in 1874, settling in Alma, Kansas, a rural Wabaunsee County town with […]

Prohibition Blues: The Life and Times of Bill Page

By wabaunseecomuseum on June 22, 2017 • ( 3 Comments )

-by Greg Hoots- When one hears about Prohibition, the image that comes to mind is the decade of the “roaring twenties”, complete with gangsters toting machine guns and wild nights in the […]

Cold Case: Murder on Eight-Mile Road

By wabaunseecomuseum on June 5, 2017 • ( 4 Comments )

-by Greg Hoots- William Thomas Smale came to Kansas in 1869 as a 14-year old youth when his family immigrated to the United States from Canada. Smale’s father was a farmer, and […]

Memorial Day Salute: Bill Copeland II

By wabaunseecomuseum on May 29, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

William E. Copeland II, a 1964 graduate of Eskridge High School, was the first Wabaunsee County resident listed as Killed In Action in the Viet Nam War between 1961 and 1975. After graduation […]

Photo Friday: The Sweeney Bridge

By wabaunseecomuseum on May 26, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

-by Greg Hoots- This is a photograph of the Sweeney Bridge, an iron bridge under construction over the Kaw River in early 1911. The bridge was located in Kaw Township in Wabaunsee […]

Photo Friday: The Alma Colored Band

By wabaunseecomuseum on May 19, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

-by Greg Hoots- As the small towns of the Flint Hills began to develop between 1880 and 1900, one of the needs felt by the early settlers was to have a city […]

Photo Friday: Memories of Jake’s Place

By wabaunseecomuseum on May 12, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

-By Greg Hoots- When I met Jake Copeland, he was retired and living on “the point” at Lake Wabaunsee. He had closed Jake’s Place, his bar in Eskridge, and was enjoying life […]

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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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