Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: TOURING THE SOUTH The town of Sharon (pop. 200) has a grocery store, a cute little library and a tiny city jail built in 1900. In the shadow of Sharon’s water tower you’ll find a playground and picnic tables. On the huge metal archway, flanked …
Sumner County Courthouse
Sumner County Courthouse. Wellington, pop. 8,098, claims to be “Wheat Capital of the World.”
Comanche Co. Courthouse
Comanche County Courthouse, Coldwater, Kansas. I love this. A tractor lawn sprinkler on the courthouse lawn. Small town Kansas is as real as it gets.
Barber County
Barber County Courthouse, Medicine Lodge (pop. 2,193).
Courthouse Gazebo
A gazebo stands on one corner of the courthouse square in Eureka.
Greenwood County
Greenwood County Courthouse, Eureka.
Sedgwick County
Sedgwick County Courthouse, Wichita.
Harvey County Courthouse
The Harvey County Courthouse in Newton. I always pause when I see a monument like this “in honor of those who served in the world war.” The country had finished “the war to end all wars” … and didn’t know what would come later.
Osage County Courthouse
Osage County Courthouse in Lyndon. Don’t know how old the courthouse is… but obviously it was built before the letter U was invented. ***
Kiowa County Courthouse
It was one of the few buildings still standing in Greensburg after the May 4, 2007 tornado, but it apparently had extensive damage.
Courthouse Light
Here are more photos I took when the afternoon light was so pretty the other day. The photos aren’t that great, but the light had such a clear tone.