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Identifier
2010204502
Approximate Date
January 1980
Description
This color photograph features Newton in 1980. The image depicts a historical marker in the park area of the Santa Fe depot. "1871 Water Well Memorial."
Physical Description
2" x 2" photograph
Subject
Historical markers, Plaques, Parks, Railroad stations, Harvey County (Kan.), Newton (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 04 A Street Scenes
Repository
Recommended Citation
"Plaque for the 1871 Water Well Memorial" (1980). Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs. 979.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/harvey/979
Language
eng
Transcription
1871 Water Well Memorial Santa Fe engineers were surveying and platting the Newton town site on Section 17 in March 1871. Captain David L. Payne, state legislator from this district and other early settlers saw the urgent need for domestic drinking water. Captain Payne agreed to supervise the digging of a well in the center of 5th and Main Street intersection. It was the only domestic drinking water in Newton for several months, and considered the best water for several years thereafter. The small concrete plaque in the center of this intersection marks the location of the historic well. Courtesy Harvey County Historical Society
Keywords
Historical markers, Plaques, Parks, Railroad stations, Harvey County (Kan.), Newton (Kan.)
Comments
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