Honea Path Veterans Memorial

In memory of Honea Path veteran

who gave their lives for their country

and in honor of those who served.

War Between the States

[Left Column}: Reuben B. Kay, George Ballentine, James L. Bagwell, Jr., Pleasant Bagwell, John J. Bagwell, James H. Brock, Berry ...

Celoron de Blainville

[Main Top Plaque]

The inscription appearing below

Is a replica of the one engraved on a lead plaque

Buried on this spot on August 15th, 1749 by

CELORON De BLAINVILLE

And of which a fragment recovered in 1798

Is preserved by the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, ...

The Mormon Trail

Mormons traveled the Great Platte River Road to fulfill a religious mission. In the 1840s members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.(Mormons) moved westward to escape religious persecution. Beginning in 1847 they crossed the Plains to ...

Dunes Hi-Way

Shortest Route from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Opened to traffic by the Dunes Highway Association, November 14, 1923.

A.S. Hess, President

W.E. Jewell, Vice President

O.B. Johnson, 2nd Vice President

Z.B. Campbell, Treasurer

W.K. Greenebaum, Secretary

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 12 and Indiana ...

Fort Johnson

The First Shot

Across the harbor directly in front of you lies Fort Johnson. From Fort Johnson came the shot that began the Civil War.

If a Union soldier at Fort Sumter looked toward Fort Johnson at 4:30 a.m., April ...

The Union Pacific

When the Union Pacific laid track west from Omaha in 1865 the rails also followed the Great Platte River Road. The Union Pacific linked up with the Central Pacific at Promontory, Utah in 1869 to complete the nation’s first transcontinental ...

“Drowned Lands”

Black dirt formed 12,000 yrs. ago in a glacial lake. Hearty farmers drained the swamp by hand. Their work made “Pine Island” the top onion area for the past 50 years.

Marker is on Pine Island Turnpike (County Route 1) 0.1 ...

Iron Brigade

Composed of infantry regiments from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan, the Iron Brigade fought with Army of the Potomac during the Civil War (1861–1865). Received name for valor at battle of South Mountain, Maryland (1862). Sustained combat fatalities among the highest ...

Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site)

Former slaves as well as free blacks realized that education was critical to African-American aspirations. Immediately after the Civil War, the Shiloh Baptist Church organized a school for black students. The Freedmen’s Bureau supported this effort, with funding, and Northern ...

Gem Building

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

November 1, 2006

and on the

Register of

Historic Kansas Places

by the State of Kansas

August 26, 2006

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Constructed by

Fritz Leuenberger,

H.L. Klopper and

Fritz "Bud" Leuenberger, Jr.

1928

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Historic Topeka Inc.

Preservation Award

1992

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The Gem Building

Designated as ...