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Frontenac was established as a coal mining town in 1886 in the Cherokee-Crawford Coal Fields in the western Ozark Plateau. [4] [5] [6] A post office was opened in Frontenac in 1887. [7] On the night of November 9, 1888, Frontenac suffered the worst mining disaster in Kansas history, [8] when a coal dust explosion [9] killed 44 [10] miners.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Capaldo was an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is currently part of the city of Frontenac , and located northwest of the Frontenac Industrial Park #1. History
One of the oldest continuously running coal companies in the United States was the Pittsburg & Midway Coal Company, founded in Pittsburg, Kansas in 1885. It lasted under that name even after its move to Denver, Colorado when the Kansas mines closed, until September 2007, when Chevron which owned the company, merged it with its Molycorp Inc. coal mining division to form Chevron Mining, thus ...
A native of Frontenac, Kansas, Layden attended Frontenac High School and played college football at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas. [1] Layden also played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as an end and tackle for the Detroit Lions. He appeared in four NFL games during the 1943 season. [1]
Crawford County is a county located in Southeast Kansas.Its county seat is Girard, [2] and its most populous city is Pittsburg.As of the 2020 census, the county population was 38,972. [1]
The Kansas City area can boast more than 30 restaurants that have been around for at least five decades. ... Flashing red neon signs — “Since 1919” — broadcast the 103-year history to the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Kansas (disambiguation). State in the United States Kansas State Flag Seal Nickname(s): The Sunflower State (official); The Wheat State; America's Heartland Motto(s): Ad astra per aspera (Latin) To the stars through ...