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Oxford was incorporated as a city on October 17, 1879. [4] It was named after Oxford University , in England. [ 5 ] The founding city officials were Ben Smith (1831–1898) the elected mayor, Joseph Sleigh (1842–1924) the elected police judge, George Walton (1820–1902) the appointed city clerk.
The Old Oxford Mill near Oxford, Kansas was built in 1875. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] The mill is a three-story stone building, 40 by 30 feet (12.2 m × 9.1 m) in plan. It has a steep gable roof. [2] The listing included three contributing buildings. [1]
Location of Sumner County in Kansas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sumner County, Kansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts ...
Image credits: Historical Images The keeping of written history records appears relatively late, only 5,000 years ago in Egypt and ancient Sumer. Before that, knowledge about the past would be ...
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This is a list of photographs considered the most important in surveys where authoritative sources review the history of the medium not limited by time period, region, genre, topic, or other specific criteria. These images may be referred to as the most important, most iconic, or most influential—but they are all considered key images in the ...
Just about a year after the Kansas Masonic Home suddenly closed, stunning its elderly residents and their families, the building is reopening under new ownership.. Wichita-based Oxford Senior ...
The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame is a museum located in Wichita, dedicated to preserving the history of sports in the state of Kansas. The museum provides exhibits, archives, facilities, services, and activities to honor those individuals and teams whose achievements in sports brought distinction to themselves, to their communities and to the ...