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Hodgden House
Museum Complex
104 W. S. Main
Ellsworth KS 67439
785-472-3059
echs@eaglecom.net
Museum sits on the South side of
what was once the Main Streets of Ellsworth.
North Main and South Main with the Union
Pacific railroad running down the center.
The Hodgden House was built in 1873 by Perry Hodgden, one of the
first settlers of Ellsworth. The house is made of native stone
and stands next to a stone livery which one of the last liveries
in Kansas still standing on a main street. Other buildings and
features of the museum:
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Hodgden House built in 1873
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Blackwolf school built in 1912
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Stone Livery built in 1887 by
Robert Martin
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1st
Baptist Church built in 1887
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2nd
Baptist Church built in 1886
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Rare wooden Union Pacific
Caboose
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Morton
Building housing a general store, hospital display and
antique farm equipment
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Terra Cotta Union Pacific
Depot built 1900
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1873 Jail
Hours of operation:
9:00 to 5:00 Tuesday thru
Saturday
1:00 to 5:00 Sunday
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Fort
Harker
Museum Complex
309 W. Ohio Street
Kanopolis Kansas 67454
785-472-5733
What is now the city of
Kanopolis had its beginnings in 1864
when Lt. Allen Ellsworth and a company of men established Fort
Ellsworth about a mile and a half south of the guard house
museum. In November 1866 Fort Ellsworth was abandoned and Fort
Harker established. Besides the native stone guardhouse there
remain in Kanopolis three other fort buildings.
The Jr. Officers quarters and the Commanding Officers quarters
are maintained by the historical society and open to the public.
The third building, another Jr. Officers quarters, is a private
residence. All fort buildings were built in 1867
Hours of Operation:
Summer
May thru September 10:00
to 5:00 Tuesday thru Saturday 1:00 to 5:00 Sunday
Spring/Fall
April and October
1:00 to 5:00 Tuesday thru Friday 10:00 to 5:00 Saturday
1:00 to 5:00 Sunday
Winter
November thru March 10:00
to 5:00 Saturday 1:00 to 5:00 Sunday
Admission
$ 3.00 Adult
$1.00 Children 7-12
Children 6 and under free.
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