WABAUNSEE COUNTY, KANSAS
Wabaunsee, Wabaunsee County
cemetery - Beecher Colony
(east of town)
Type: Stone Gateway
Description:
The engraved stone plaque on the right side of the gateway reads: "This Gateway Is Dedicated ~ To The Valiant Pioneer Men ~ And Women Of Wabaunsee ~ Community With Especial ~ Reference To The 70 Members ~ Of The Beecher Bible And ~ Rifle Colony Of 1856. Erected ~ By The Descendants In 1952". The left side plaque reads: "They Crossed The Prairies ~ As Of Old ~ Our Fathers Crossed ~ The Sea ~ To Make The West ~ As They The East ~ The Homestead Of The Free ~ Whittier".
References:
reported by DE McGovern
Photographs:
DE McGovern, August 3, 2007
SUV Registry Status: Seconday Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
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Wamego, Wabaunsee County
Cemetery
(north west part of town)
Type: Stone Pyramid
Description:
The stone pyramid has a bronze plaque inscribed: "To The ~ Unknown ~ Dead".
References:
reported by DE McGovern
Photographs:
DE McGovern, August 3, 2007
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
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Wamego, Wabaunsee County
Mount Mitchell
(Mitchell Prairie Road
- 3 1/2 mi S of Wamego, E of Hiway 99)
Type: Limestone Monument
Description:
A 7 foot tall monument is emplaced in the center of Mount Mitchell park. The plaque on the monument reads: "In Commemoration Of The Connecticut Kansas Colony Known Also As The Beecher Bible And Rifle Colony Which Settled At Wabaunsee In 1856 And In Memory Of Captain William Mitchell, A Member Of The Colony, This Monument Is Erected On Mount Mitchell Through The Generosity Of His Son, William I. Mitchell, By The Kansas State Historical Society, 1956".
References:
reported by B Tarr
Photographs:
DEMcGovern April 20, 2010
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
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