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"Wish List" of Photos For This Site

Following is a list of photos of special interest for use on this site. They need to be jpg-format, with the jpg image files sent as attachments to emails, and the caption info for each photo given as plain text in the body of the email to which the photo is attached. Please write to me before sending a lot of photos, as I'd want to request that just one or two be sent as a "test" just to see how they'll work before a large group of them is sent. Thank you! -- Jerry Ferrin. Email: jdf@theriver.com


Pages on this site with photos from this "wish list":

Photographs from Medicine Lodge, Barber County, Kansas, October 2006, courtesy of Nathan Lee.

Sharon, Kansas, photos courtesy of Ed Rucker.


Medicine Lodge and vicinity:

  • Historical markers erected by the State of Kansas
  • Location of the bank which was robbed in 1879 or so by Sheriff Henry Brown
  • The "hanging tree" where the some of the robbers were hanged - it used to stand in a park near or in M.L. in the early 1960s.
  • The Carry Nation bridge on Highway 160
  • Old buildings built in the late 1800s or 1900s which still stand in town
  • The Carry Nation home - exterior view
  • The stockade next to the Carry Nation Home
  • Museums in Medicine Lodge
  • Flower Pot Mountain near Medicine Lodge

Sharon and vicinity:

See Sharon, Kansas, photos courtesy of Ed Rucker.

Photos of the gravestones in Sharon Cemetery for the following people:

Other towns:

  • Churches
  • Historic Buildings - such as Buster's Cafe in Sun City.
  • Highway signs which name the town - "Entering Hazelton", for example
  • Entrances to cemeteries
  • Unique features of the town, such as monuments, etc.
  • Photos of the locations of vanished towns, such as Cumminsford.
  • Schools
Please see the Churches page for photos of churches which are already online at this site before taking the time to photograph more churches.

Local natural landmarks:

  • Hills, buttes, etc. in the Red Hills or elsewhere - please include the local name of the feature in caption info.
  • Scenic views of rivers and creeks
  • Site of the original Peace Treaty
Pioneer Homesteads:
  • Dugouts or dugout locations
  • Early houses
  • Remains of sod house, even if they are just piles of dirt, so long as they can be identified as such.
  • Cellar holes (just to help people recognize what one looks like)
  • Rock foundations for vanished wooden houses


This RootsWeb website is being created by Jerry Ferrin with the able assistance of many Contributors. Your comments, suggestions and contributions of historical information and photographs to this site are welcome. Please sign the Guest Book. This page was last updated 15 Oct 2006.