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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T24_wetlands-wildlife-national-scenic-byway-historical_Saint-John-KS.html
When you think of Kansas, what pops into your mind? Prairie? Wheat? Dorothy? The Wetlands & Wildlife National Scenic Byway will forever reshape your image of this part of the "Sunflower State." This 77-mile Byway connects two of the world's most s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T22_surviving-the-dirty-thirties-historical_Saint-John-KS.html
Combine major drought, high summer temperatures, too much land under cultivation, and strong prairie winds. Throw in rock-bottom wheat prices and the Great Depression, and you have the recipe for the Dirty Thirties.
In the 1930s, winds whipped Ka…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPU_replica-of-the-statue-of-liberty_Saint-John-KS.html
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty
40th Anniversary …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17NN_a-brief-history-of-the-growth-of-the-national-wildlife-refuge-system_Stafford-KS.html
1903 · Pelican Island established in Florida
1905 · Congress establishes the Wichita Mountains Forest and Game Preserve
1908 · National Bison Range established in Montana
1912 · National Elk Refuge established …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17N5_cultivating-americas-bread-basket_Hudson-KS.html
When settlers came to the prairie in the 1870s, they learned from the land that grasses grew better than any other crop here. In 1874, Russian Mennonite immigrants brought seeds of Turkey Red winter wheat from the Russian steppes. Well suited to t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQTS_home-on-the-range_Stafford-KS.html
"The area from Great Bend westward for a hundred miles or so was a famous hunting ground for all the plains tribes, as its excellent pasturage made it the home of vast herds of buffaloes, besides plenty of antelopes and deer." - N. H. Darton, et a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQTQ_farmers-national-bank_Stafford-KS.html
Has been placed on theNational Register ofHistoric Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior, 2005
Purchased in 1980 byStafford County Historical &Genealogical Society