Annual Albany Days
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First weekend following Labor Day. Step back in time to a town that time has forgotten at Historic Albany, Kansas. Located 60 miles north of Topeka, and 55 miles West of St. Joseph, Missouri, Albany was once a flourishing frontier town that was mostly abandoned after the railroad was located through nearby Sabetha. Albany's rich history includes pioneer settlements, trials and tribulations during the "Bleeding Kansas" Era, run-away slaves on Lane's Trail, and a visit from famed Abolitionist John Brown.
Minneapolis-Moline Tractors and Equipment are featured, as well as Witte gasoline engines.
Demonstrations: Threshing, saw mill, plowing, glass blowing, blacksmithing, print shop, metal casting, cider making, soap making, quilt show, rock crushing, corn shelling and grinding, dutch oven cooking, Civil War Re-enacting, Spinning and weaving, steam engines, gas engines, and much more!
Events: Parade at 1:00pm each day, Antique Tractor pull, garden tractor pull, Kid's Activities. Hotwheels racing, and more!
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Annual Albany Days
Phone : 785-284-3682 (Always call and confirm events.)
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Festivals
Attractions and Upcoming Events
Sabetha Golf & Country Club
Sabetha Golf and Country Club, located one mile north of Sabetha in Northeast Kansas, is a private club open to members and their guests. The golf course was built in 1923
Sabetha, KS Golf CoursesSabetha's City Recreation
Three public parks, a public swimming pool, four baseball/softball/soccer fields, tennis and racketball courts provide recreation for the community. Two campgrounds with pools, cabins and camping facilities are located nearby.
Sabetha, KS RecreationOld Albany
Old Albany is the remnant of an 1850s settlement by a group from Albany, New York. Albany continued to grow after the Civil War. They had a post office, hotel, boarding house, livery stable, blacksmith shop, grocery store, creamery, sawmill, and a millinery store. In 1870
Sabetha, KS Pioneer LifeOld Albany Schoolhouse Museum
The Albany Historic Museum building was formerly the Albany Rural School District No. 1, Brown and Nemaha. The two story limestone building was built in 1867. School was first held in the new building during the 1867-1868
Sabetha, KS MuseumsSabetha Historic Library
The Sabetha Library was built in the 1930s as one of the WPA projects.
Sabetha, KS Historic Buildings