Preview
Identifier
2010204492
Approximate Date
January 1980
Description
This color photograph features a historical marker in Sedgwick in 1980. This close view of the historical marker in park has text on it.
Physical Description
2" x 2" photograph
Subject
Historical markers, Plaques, Harvey County (Kan.), Sedgwick (Kan.)
Rights
© Harvey County Historical Museum. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. To request permission, contact info@hchm.org. Please credit Harvey County Historical Museum as your source.
Publisher
Access provided by Forsyth Digital Collections
Collection
J. Birch Stuart Collection, Photo Box 19 E Sedgwick
Repository
Recommended Citation
"Close-Up View of Historical Marker in Sedgwick" (1980). Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs. 1045.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/harvey/1045
Language
eng
Transcription
City of Sedgwick The city of Sedgwick was named in honor of General John Sedgwick, a Civil War hero. It was platted by T. S. Floyd in 1870 and incorporated in 1872. The original town site consisted of 80 acres. Sedgwick is the oldest town in Harvey County and located at the confluence of the Little Arkansas River and Sand Creek. The first school house in Harvey County was erected in Sedgwick in September 1870. The first post office opened that same year. The first store opened and first purchases were made by Judge R. W. P. Case in July 1870. Sedgwick has progressed from blacksmith shop, crank telephone, board walks, coal oil lights, woodturning stoves, hitching posts, and pump wells to the conveniences of today - 78. Courtesy Harvey County Historical Society
Keywords
Historical markers, Plaques, Harvey County (Kan.), Sedgwick (Kan.)
Comments
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