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The building is located at 1901 Olathe Bouelevard and was established in the mid-1890s by Horatio W. and Mary Gates. [2] That Gates family was among the first licensed embalmers in the state, and they built this Neoclassical-style funeral home in 1922 to house their growing business.
Newton is a city in and the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 18,602. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Newton is located 25 miles (40 km) north of Wichita .
The Gunfight at Hide Park, or the Newton Massacre, was the name given to an Old West gunfight that occurred on August 19, 1871, in Newton, Kansas, United States.While well publicized at the time, the shootout has received little historical attention despite resulting in a higher body count than the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight of 1881.
Newton Township covers an area of 26.77 square miles (69.3 km 2) and contains two incorporated settlements: Newton (the county seat) and North Newton. According to the USGS , it contains two cemeteries: Greenwood and Saint Marys.
Kinch 'James' Riley (c. 1853 – ?) was a young man from Kansas who, on August 19, 1871 was the deciding factor in a little-known but deadly gunfight, which became known as the Gunfight at Hide Park, that took place in Newton, Kansas.
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1871, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway extended a main line from Emporia to Newton. [ 4 ] The next year, in 1872, Harvey County was founded from portions of McPherson, Marion, and Sedgwick counties, and named in honor of the fifth Governor ...
The Warkentin House is a house in Newton, Kansas, United States.The home of Bernhard Warkentin and Wilhelmina Eisenmayer Warkentin, it was built between 1886 and 1887. It is listed on the Kansas Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places as a splendid example of the Victorian period in American architecture and furnishings.
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Newton, Massachusetts) 391 Walnut St., Newtonville, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Relocated Now Oxford House apartments. Building at 391 Walnut Street was sold for $1,050,000 to be converted into apartments. [83] First Church now meets at 1141 Walnut St, Newton Highlands: Densmore, LeClear and Robbins