Places
This is a collection of short articles about places … and other things. It is broken into four categories and the first is a single piece that will probably never change. The other three represent a hodge-podge, within groups, that might be useful for local tours, county history or travel planning.
The Great American Desert. The broad expanse of wasteland west of the Missouri, Arkansas border was so useless it might provide a solution to the government’s Indian problem. Now it is home.
Local Sites. This is a collection of short descriptions of historical or interest sites inside of or very close to St. Paul. Some of these probably have potential for state or national interest.
This is a collection of short articles about places … and other things. It is broken into four categories and the first is a single piece that will probably never change. The other three represent a hodge-podge, within groups, that might be useful for local tours, county history or travel planning.
The Great American Desert. The broad expanse of wasteland west of the Missouri, Arkansas border was so useless it might provide a solution to the government’s Indian problem. Now it is home.
Local Sites. This is a collection of short descriptions of historical or interest sites inside of or very close to St. Paul. Some of these probably have potential for state or national interest.
- St. Francis Catholic Church — Our Church's long story has been punctuated with some rough bumps!
- St. Francis de Hieronymo Catholic Church Grounds - A historical view of the four phases of our campus.
- St. Paul, Kansas — 135 Years Ago is a description of our town about 15 - 18 years after the Osage Mission Town Company was formed.
- St. Paul, Kansas in the 1890's In Scale Model Form — A Truly remarkable scale model rendition of St. Paul's business district during the 1890's.
- St. Paul, Kansas - The Booming Sixties — The 1960's saw a significant, and our last, population surge.
- Osage Mission as a Statewide History Finalist. In 2010 the Osage Mission story placed well among very prestigious sites in the 8 Wonders of Kansas History Contest.
- St. Francis Cemetery — A very old cemetery that contains bodies from an even earlier plot. Many of our ancestors were Civil War veterans.
- Hope Cemetery — An interesting non-Catholic Cemetery near what was a predominantly Catholic Town. It contains one small, but important, Civil War gravestone.
- The Basement Chapel — The chapel was brought about by a major structural problem and disappeared for the same reason.
- Display About the Impact of WW I on Local Families is the product of research and assembly by St. Paul Museum Volunteer Barbara Ellis.
- St. Paul Middle School — Many of us went to school here not realizing that part of the building originally belonged to an early frontier boarding college.
- Photo article about SOME GREAT FOLKS who attended the original St. Francis School.
- Ladore – This small, Neosho County town was converted from one of Kansas’ wildest towns to a community of peace and virtue—overnight!
- World War I Museum Display — An Osage Mission - Neosho County Museum volunteer put a very informative World War I display together. Much of it was based on her own family history.
- Day Trip - St. Boniface Catholic Church, Scipio, Kansas
- Road Trip — Father Emil Kapaun. An illustrated story about a trip from St. Paul to Wichita to Pilsen, Kansas and back. The purpose was to learn about an extraordinary Korean era Chaplain who has been awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor; and is awaiting a higher honor -— Sainthood!
