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HISTORICAL MARKER

Baxter Springs Black Dog Trail Marker

Chief Black Dog was born around 1780 and for a time his…

📍 Baxter Springs, Cherokee County

MUSEUM

Baxter Springs Historical Museum

Route 66, lead and zinc mining, Civil War battles, the Osage Indian…

📍 Baxter Springs, Cherokee County

MURAL

Baxter Springs Outdoor Bas-Relief Mural

Images of mining, cowtown days, Osage Indians, Route 66, the famous wooden…

📍 Baxter Springs, Cherokee County

VETERANS MEMORIAL

Baxter Springs Veterans Memorial

A Baxter Springs veterans memorial honors local veterans and the memory of…

📍 Baxter Springs, Cherokee County

WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (WPA)

Bazine WPA Building

A city building constructed by the WPA in 1936 using locally quarried…

📍 Bazine, Ness County

ART MUSEUM

Beach Museum of Art

The permanent collection includes worldwide art, and the Kansas Art Collection is…

📍 Manhattan, Riley County

MUSEUM

Beattie Heritage Museum

To go inside and see artifacts from Guittard Station (a stop on…

📍 Beattie, Marshall County

HISTORIC HOME

Beattie Historic Homes

The limestone Fitzgerald house (305 Smith) was built by town founder James…

📍 Beattie, Marshall County

HITCHING POST

Beattie Hitching Posts

An attractive feature throughout downtown are the black hitching posts with the…

📍 Beattie, Marshall County

CATTLE

Beaumont Cattle History

Through the first half of the 1900s Beaumont was one of the…

📍 Beaumont, Butler County

HISTORIC BUILDING

Beaumont Hotel

This historic hotel opened in 1879 as a stagecoach way station and…

📍 Beaumont, Butler County

MURAL

Beautification Project

Two murals seem to stretch all the way across the intersection of…

📍 Haviland, Kiowa County

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