Events List for Ness County Old Settlers' Reunion 2010
Thursday - June 3, 2010
Fire Chief's Badge Hunt
Bazine Limestone Engraving Demonstration - All Day each day
PARADE - 10:00 a.m.
Antique Tractor Show and Antique and Classis Car Show
Carnival starting at 1:00 each day
Recognition of Century Farms, Businesses & Organizations
Tribute to Ness County Old Settlers
Kids games
Beard Judging Contest - 3:00 p.m.
Eagle Radio Pedal Pull
Dance Academy Dancers - under the direction of Barb Brenner
Laura Lisbeth - singer, songwriter 5-6:30 p.m.
Keith Burditt - harmonica and singer and band 7-9 p.m.
Blaine Younger - singer 9:30 -
FRIDAY - June 4
All Day Mechanical Bull
Fun Run - 7:30 a.m.
Pony Express Arrival
Ness County Old Settlers Free Barbecue (to the first 1500 people) 11:30 a.m.
Nyle Henderson - cowboy poet
Val Kepple - Civil War Heroes
Style Review - 2:00 p.m.
Music by Willa Zimmer
Polka Dance - Gary Bott 5:00 p.m.
Gunfight - 8:00 p.m.
Band - Country Fever 9:30 p.m.
SATURDAY - June 5
Golf Tournament - 7:30 a.m.
Buffalo Bill Cody Re-enactment - All Day
Motorcycle Poker Run - 8:30 a.m. registration
Vintage Baseball Game - 10:30 a.m.
Arrival of Poker Run - 1:00 p.m.
High School Alumni Meetings - 2:00 p.m.
Class Reunions - 3:00 p.m.
Demolition Derby - 6:30 p.m. The contact person is Tony VanDeGrift.
Band - Moody Hooters 7-9 p.m.
Ten Day Wish - 9:30 p.m.
The events list is still in the planning stages, and is subject to change.
The booklets will be available for purchase around November 21, 2009. Cost of a booklet is $15.00 and a booklet can be mailed for an additional $2.00. Any question can be answered by contacting Yvette at the Chamber office, 785-798-2413, or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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George Washington Carver
Homestead Site
One mile south of Beeler, Kansas
From 1886 to 1889, George Washington Carver homesteaded a quarter section of land near present day Beeler, Kansas. One of America's greatest scientists, Carver revolutionized agriculture in the United States with his discoveries. From sweet potatoes and peanuts alone, he made paint, soap, wallboard, milk substitute, medicines, cosmetics and 500 other products.
Born in Missouri around 1864, Carver came to Kansas in 1878 seeking an education. He lived first in Fort Scott, followed by Olathe, Paola and Highland. In 1880 he joined friends to homestead near Minneapolis, Kansas, where he attended high school. In 1886, George Washington Carver moved to this location in Ness County where he built a sod house and worked his claim.
Read more...With a building like this, who needs a Courthouse?
Address: Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Date of Completion: 1890
Architects: Holland & Hopkins, Topeka, Kansas.
Cost: Between $34,000 and $75,000
Looking taller than its four stories (perhaps because of its 13-foot ceilings), this stone building was once called "The finest and most imposing structure west of Topeka." To many, it still is.
Ground limestone was added to the mortar to match the rock, giving the building the appearance of a structure carved from a single huge stone.
The 30-room building was furnished with an elevator, a rarity of the times - seldom seen outside of New York and Chicago