Every five years the Ness County's Old Settlers' Reunion & Celebration is celebrated in a big way with fun packed events from dawn to dusk. The next one is "Old Settlers' 2025."
A vital link that ties centuries and generations together are the stories of our heritage and the documents and monuments that recapture them.
Ness City, KS Arts
Granite Marker at the Carver Homestead
One of Beeler's most famous pioneer settlers was George Washington Carver, who journeyed by wagon from Highland, Kansas to Eden Township in Ness Countv with J.F. Beeler.
In August 1886, Carver established a claim on the SE ¾ of 4-19- 26
Ness City, KS MemorialsThe pioneer Pembleton family purchased the Old Echo Print Shop, a small native stone building built in 1882
Ness City, KS Historic SchoolhousesThe four-story, 18,700 sq. ft. stone building at the intersection of Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, in Ness City, Kansas, was called, upon its completion in 1890, "The finest and most imposing structure west of Topeka." In February, 1972, the building was placed on the
Ness City, KS Historic BuildingsThe Historical Museum is housed in the old Beardslee Brothers General Store which originally was a building owned by Ross Calhoun, the father of Ness City. When a fire destroyed the building in 1899, the present building was built with supplies from the razed Calhoun House and sugar mill.
Ness City, KS Museums