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Missouri Street in Alma (1901) For millennia, the land now known as Kansas was inhabited by Native Americans. In 1803, most of modern Kansas was secured by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1859, Wabaunsee County was founded.
Winton "Wint" Allen Winter, Sr. (August 23, 1930 – May 4, 2013) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, attorney, businessman, rancher and athlete. [1] Winter earned both a BA (1952) and JD (1956) at the University of Kansas. He also played football there.
Lyle E. Yost (March 5, 1913 – April 5, 2012) [1] was an agriculture equipment manufacturer and inventor in the United States.. Yost was the designer and inventor of the 1947 unloading auger, [2] the catalyst for the development of Hesston Manufacturing in Hesston, Kansas.
Patsy Ann Terrell (December 23, 1961 – June 7, 2017) was an American politician. A Democrat, Terrell represented the 102nd district in the Kansas House of Representatives from January 9, 2017, until her death in office on June 7, 2017.
Wabaunsee USD 329 is a public unified school district headquartered in Alma, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of Alma, Maple Hill, McFarland, Newbury, Paxico, Volland, and nearby rural areas. [2]
University of Kansas (BA) Harvard Law School (LLB) William M. Ferguson (December 2, 1917 – June 9, 2005) was an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Kansas from 1965 to 1969.
The Brandt Hotel, located at 400 Missouri St in Alma, Kansas, was built in 1887. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. It has also been known as the Alma Hotel. [1] It is a two-story late Italianate-style commercial block building with a parapet. Italianate features include its "ornamental pressed metal eave cornice ...
Eliza Burton "Lyda" Conley (c. 1869 – May 28, 1946) was a Wyandot Native American and an American lawyer. She was the first woman admitted to the Kansas Bar Association.She was notable for her campaign to prevent the sale and development of the Huron Cemetery in Kansas City, now known as the Wyandot National Burying Ground.