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Heritage Hills, Kansas Pioneer Life

  • Palmyra Post Office

    Palmyra Post Office

    Located at the Old Castle Complex is the Palmyra Post Office and Blood's Grocery which opened in 1857

  • Kibbee Cabin

    Kibbee Cabin

    [Kibbee Cabin] The Kibbee Cabin is a reproduction of a log cabin which stood on the crest of the Santa Fe Ridge (commonly called "Big Hill")

  • Black Jack Log Cabin

    Black Jack Log Cabin

    A white oak log cabin stands at the roadside park three miles east of Baldwin on Highway 56. Built in observance of Kansas' centennial in 1961

  • Santa Fe Trail Ruts

    Santa Fe Trail Ruts

    The historic Santa Fe Trail which carried civilization and commerce between the East and the Mexican settlements of the southwest between 1825 and 1875

  • Santa Fe Trail Well

    Santa Fe Trail Well

    Located three blocks north of Highway 56 on Washington Street in Baldwin (the only Palmyra street to still carry its original name)

  • Women's Bridge

    Women's Bridge

    The native stone and brick bridge over Tauy Creek was erected in 1890 at the request of Baldwin's first female mayor, Lucy Sullivan. Mrs. Sullivan, one of the nation'

  • Baldwin, Historical Marker

    Baldwin, Historical Marker

    Here, and for the next 300 miles west, Highway 56 roughly follows the old Santa Fe Trail, and frequently crosses it. White settlement began in this area in 1854

  • Old Schoolhouse/Residence

    Lyndon's first school was located in the home on Madison Street shortly after Lyndon was founded in 1870. The house continued as a school until it was purchased by School District 28 in August, 1889

  • Tibbot Schoolhouse

    Tibbot Schoolhouse

    Originally a country schoolhouse located southeast of Oskaloosa, the Tibbot school was moved to Oskaloosa in the 1950'

  • Wellman Schoolhouse

    Wellman Schoolhouse

    The school was built in 1887

  • Winchester Jail

    Winchester Jail

    Built in 1909

  • Sam Peppard's Wind Wagon

    Sam Peppard's Wind Wagon

    Samuel Peppard, a blacksmith and wagon maker during the mid 1800's, has provided the area with one of the most famous and interesting stories. While looking for adventure in the drought year of 1860

  • Santa Fe Trail Ruts

    Santa Fe Trail Ruts

    The Santa Fe Trail closely follows State Highway 56 across the northern portion of Osage County and several areas of the trail'