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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HSZ_fargo-springs-and-springfield_Kismet-KS.html
The importance of railroads to the early settlement and prosperity of the West is nowhere better illustrated than in the stories of two Seward county towns. Fargo Springs, founded in 1885 about three miles south of here, was the first town establi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18OB_original-hand-dug-well_Liberal-KS.html
Approximately four-tenths of a mile south of this fountain and marker on Seymour S. Rogers' homestead was the original hand-dug well which gave Liberal its name.
In 1885 Rogers began offering free water from this well to settlers and trail-wear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18O4_seward-county-war-dead-and-missing-in-action_Liberal-KS.html
Dedicated to allSeward County military personnelkilled or missing in action overseas
World War I [Honor Roll]World War II [Honor Roll]Korean War [Honor Roll]Vietnam War [Honor Roll]Global War on Terrorism [Honor Roll]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18O2_war-memorial_Liberal-KS.html
Dedicated to the memory ofthose who offered their livesin the service of our country————————In memory ofDavid RathkeyMaidenhead, Berkshire, England;Stephen DriscollNew York City Fire Department;Lenny…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18NX_international-pancake-day_Liberal-KS.html
R. J. Leete, Liberal, Kansas Jaycee President in 1950, issued a challenge to Vicar Ronald Collins of Olney, England to turn his 500-year-old race into an international event....thus beginning a Shrove Tuesday tradition of peace, goodwill and frien…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18NW_liberal-memorial-library_Liberal-KS.html
Founded byLiberal Women's Club1904—————————This Edificeerected to the memory of theU.S. Armed Forces of SewardCounty Kansas who served inWorld War I, II, and Korea.
[List of Library Officers]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18NV_replica-of-the-statue-of-liberty_Liberal-KS.html
With the faith and courage oftheir forefathers who madepossible the freedom of theseUnited States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this replica of theStatue of Liberty as a pledgeof everlasting fidelity andloyalty
40th Anniversary Crusa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18NO_the-pioneer-mother-of-kansas_Liberal-KS.html
With faith in God, she built a home for her family in the wilderness; she overcame loneliness with tenderness, she set an example for all of us by her perseverance & steadfastness
[Dedicated] May 30, 1961
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11E5_arkalon-and-the-samson-of-the-cimarron_Liberal-KS.html
Many Kansas towns originated as potential railroad centers. Three miles west of this marker Arkalon was founded in 1888 at the Cimarron river crossing of the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska railway, a part of the Rock Island. Town lots were cheap, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11E4_when-coronado-came-to-kansas_Liberal-KS.html
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, with 36 soldiers and Father Juan de Padilla, marched north from the Rio Grande valley in the spring of 1541. Coronado's objective was the land of Quivira, described to the Spaniards as a fabulously wealthy kingdom wh…