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80 Foot Wide Brick Streets


category : Pioneer Life
Take a walk along the 80 foot wide brick streets of downtown. WaKeeney was founded in 1879 by the efforts of a 33 year old Chicago real estate developer, James Franklin WaKeeney and partner-friend, Albert Warren. The Warren-Keeney land development company was formed which provided an architect to lay out these streets.


Come visit us in WaKeeney, Kansas

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Trego County Courthouse

The cornerstone of the Trego County Courthouse was laid in 1888, and the building was completed in 1889

WaKeeney, KS Historic Courthouses

Old Fashioned Soda Fountains

Wakeeney has the distinction of having two old- fashioned soda fountains on Main Street. Be a kid again and enjoy an old fashioned ice cream soda!

WaKeeney, KS Soda Shops

Iwo Jima Memorial

WaKeeney, KS Memorials

Trego County Historical Society Museum

The Trego County Historical Society Museum, along with the recent addition of a one-room country school house is located on the Trego County Fairgrounds.

WaKeeney, KS Museums

WaKeeney Municipal Building

This attractive building, which houses the city administration office, was built in 1937 of native limestone.

WaKeeney, KS Historic Buildings

Things to do Pioneer Life near WaKeeney, KS

Threshing Machine Canyon

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Old Log Hotel

Stone Post Country

80 Foot Wide Brick Streets

Take a walk along the 80 foot wide brick streets of downtown. WaKeeney was founded in 1879 by the efforts of a 33 year old Ch...

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