 | *** ANCIENT CAMP SITE AND HUNTING GROUND OF THE OSAGE INDIANS *** THIS WOODED ISLAND WAS SET APART BY THE PIONEERS FOR THE PEOPLE *** HOME OF THE CHATAQUA 1887 - 1918 |  |
The site of the original Chautauquas in Winfield, today the park is used by families for picnics and recreation.The park is at the North end of Main Street surrounded by the Timber Creek Lagoon.
Welcome to Winfield, Kansas, home to beautiful and unique Victorian homes. These homes, built from 1870 to the early 1900s, were influenced by the fashionable features of the era. An era when hospitality was an art and elegance a way of life.
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Winfield, KS ToursThe Cowley County Historical Society Museum is housed in one of Winfield's original schools built in 1886. The native stone building and its historical displays keep local history alive and available to the people.
Winfield, KS Museums
The Italianate Victorian home presently known as Hiatt's House Restaurant, owned by Mr. & Mrs. Richard Tredway, was built in 1879 by Col. J.C. McMullen, a local banker. Other owners were George Miller of the famed 101 Ranch from 1888 to 1902, and the J.W. Hiatt family from 1902 to 1974
Winfield, KS Historic BuildingsIn 1893, John Peter Baden, an early Winfield merchant and entrepreneur, built St. John's College. It became the first college in the Evangelical Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod system of higher education to admit women. St. John'
Winfield, KS ToursConstructed as a replica of the Washington D.C. Viet Nam War Memorial, this memorial is found in Memorial Park just east of the Courthouse. The Memorial is engraved with the names of 777 servicemen and nurses from the State of Kansas who were killed or missing in action during the Viet Nam War.
Winfield, KS MemorialsJam sessions EVERY Friday night at the Emma Chase Cafe (or out-of-doors on Broadway, weather permitting). MUSICIANS and LIST...