Wabaunsee County Historical Society and Museum

Preserving and sharing the history of Wabaunsee County, Kansas

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The Barns of Wabaunsee County

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WCHS Freedom's Frontier Exhibit

Freedom’s Frontier: Stories from the Western Border

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WILDFLOWER WALK ON MOUNT MITCHELL

Mount Mitchell Heritage Prairie Park

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District 22 - Pavilion School

Wabaunsee County Schools

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Alma Portland Cement Works

By wabaunseecomuseum on December 24, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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

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The Early History of Lake Wabaunsee: 1933-1945

By wabaunseecomuseum on October 24, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Wabaunsee County Schools

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Museum Hours

Tuesday – Saturday
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

(Closed Over the Noon Hour)

Closed Sundays, Mondays & Holidays

Admission
There is no charge, but a $2 donation is suggested.

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 • ( Leave a comment )

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 • ( Leave a comment )

-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 […]

Great-Grandfather’s Civil War Rifle

By wabaunseecomuseum on April 24, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

-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 […]

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

By wabaunseecomuseum on January 18, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

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 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Minnie Palenske Zwanziger Memorial Museum Turns 50

By wabaunseecomuseum on August 21, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Fifty years ago, on October 27, 1968 the Wabaunsee County Historical Society held the grand opening of their new museum in Alma, Kansas, the Minnie Palenske Zwanziger Memorial Museum.  Present at the […]

1963 Wabaunsee County Farm Directory

By wabaunseecomuseum on May 27, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

For more than a half-century, rural directory companies in Kansas have produced county plat maps in a booklet form that feature all of the Townships of a particular county, while identifying all of the […]

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Featured Stories »

Law and Order: The Anthony King Murder

The History of Wabaunsee County Newspapers

The History of the Alma Salt Works

Number Please: The History of the Telephone in Wabaunsee County

The Complete History of the Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame Railway

Flint Hills Stories »

Alma Portland Cement Works

Barn Dancing

The Barns of Wabaunsee County

The Cold War in the Flint Hills

The Early History of Lake Wabaunsee: 1933-1945

Thank you!

We appreciate everyone who made the Wamego Community Foundation Match Day a success. 72 separate gifts were received and we raised over $23,000! The funds are used toward the rehabilitation of the facade of the Farmers Union Coop building, also known as the annex.

 

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

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