Ellsworth, Kansas
One Room Schoolhouse
1912 Blackwolf School. Located at the Hodgden House Museum Complex on South Main....
One Room Schoolhouse
The Fort Harker Museum is located in Kanopolis Ks. First Established as Fort Ellsworth in 1864 at the juncture of the Smokey Hill River and the Fort Riley/Fort Larned Road on the Smokey Hill Trail, the post was moved from its site by the river and renamed Fort Harker in 1866
Ellsworth, KS Military HistoryOne of only a few bartizan style structures remaining in Kansas, the old Signature Insurance Building with its signature oriel window stands as an architectural landmark of the early drover history of Ellsworth, Kansas.
Ellsworth, KS MuseumsThe old jail is the oldest building in Ellsworth. Earlier jails were temporary structures like cages. At other times, prisoners were housed in private homes. This jail was authorized on April 2 1872, with the lower floor designated as the jail and the upper floor to be used as court rooms. (
Ellsworth, KS Historic BuildingsSix boat ramps are located on the reservoir. Blue water and sandy beaches make the area the water recreation mecca for Wester...
Stone markers can be seen where this trail crosses the north-south country roads. The Butterfield Overland Despatch followed ...