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Identifier
201215310
Approximate Date
January 2009
Description
This color photograph features a historical marker installed by the Harvey County Historical Society for the City of Hesston.
Subject
Historical markers, Hesston (Kan.), Harvey County (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
Harvey County Towns and Rural Areas, Photo Box 19 C Hesston
Repository
Recommended Citation
"Historical Marker For Hesston" (2009). Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs. 1169.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/harvey/1169
Language
eng
Transcription
Hesston - In the 1870s this area was settled by people with diverse backgrounds who shared the promise of the land. With an influx of those of Mennonite faith and the railroad's birth in the 1880s, success of the town was very likely. Hesston's name honors 1884 settlers Amos and Abraham L. Hess, owners of the land on which the city was platted in 1886. In 1908 A. L. Hess donated 80 acres for Hesston College. Its first building "Green Gables" opened in 1909 with D.H. Bender as president. In 1995 the Gables was torn down. Early town builders were Rapp, Randall, Wenger, Grabill, McNutt, and Shaver. Three homes built from cement blocks made by Lyon Bros. (Hesston's first factory) and C.T. Barton's 1886 grocery story still exist. Businesses that have impacted the growth of Hesston are Hesston Corp., King Construction Co. and Excel. The pioneers' legacy of perseverance thrives in Hesston today. Erected in 1998 by the Harvey County Historical Society
Keywords
Historical markers, Hesston (Kan.), Harvey County (Kan.)
Comments
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