GHOST TOURS IN KANSAS

In the early history of Atchison, Kansas, many settlers were known to travel to the area, and through the area in order to reach the “land of opportunity”, or “California”. This occurred in the 1850’s when several individuals were in search of both gold and jobs. It has been estimated that, throughout this era, nearly two thousand wagons a day would swarm the city of Atchison Kansas in search of t... [Read more]

DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY: The 1922 Broadview Hotel is an eight storied, expansive brick building and a basement which straddles the corner of N. Waco Street and W. Douglas Avenue. In response to Wichita's need to have a swanky, first class hotel, George H. Siedhoff built this hotel, which was known as being the most modern and comfortable in the western United States. It's name, Broadview Hotel... [Read more]

DESCRIPTION: Sauer's Castle is a 3 story, 18th century German Gothic inspired brick mansion built by German businessman/entrepreneur, Anton Philip Sauer for his second wife Marie and their 5 daughters. It has a tall watchtower and a walkway on the roof. The double front doors are huge, being 10 feet wide as a unit, 10 feet high and 6 inches thick. The inside was /could be beautiful, with 12 ... [Read more]

DESCRIPTION: Built on a limestone block foundation, this turn-of-the-century, rectangular, yellow brick building is a solid, sensible structure with elements of romanesque decor. Besides having pillars in the front, adorned with romanesque style head stones on the top, dentils along the roof line, and stone inlays above the windows dress of the yellow bricks nicely. The original part of the ... [Read more]

HISTORY: The city of Topeka, the capitol city of Kansas was in need of a capitol building to house the bodies of government: Senate. The Chambers and Hall of Representatives, plus the offices of the elected officials and heir staff, not a small undertaking, especially when something grand was the goal. On Feb. 14th 1866, the governor signed into law a bill which funded such an endeavor into law... [Read more]

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