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Northeast Quadrant
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Beattie. Attractions 1-4. This town and the surrounding area rests on a thick
layer of limestone which covers more than 100 acres.
Quarrying has gone on here since the earliest days. Local
contacts: LaVada FitzGerald, 785-353-2575; Jean Floyd,
785-353-2463.
1. Beattie Heritage Museum and Archives. Open the first
Sunday of each month 1-5 p.m., and by appointment. Call the
number posted on the door.
2. FitzGerald kiln. Built by James FitzGerald in the 1860s.
Restored in 1974. Limestone blocks were burned in the kiln for a week and the
resulting powder was mixed with sand to make a mortar used
in the construction of stone buildings. South side of Elm
Street a short distance west of 21st Road.
3. FitzGerald house, 1875, built by James FitzGerald,
founder of Beattie. The rock came from FitzGerald’s quarry,
the mortar from his kiln. Private property. Drive-by only.
4. Hawk house. Started in 1898, the house took two years to
build. Built by drugstore owner Marion Hawk. Private
property. Drive-by only.
5. Guittard Station marker. In the 1850's and 1860's French
immigrant Xavier Guittard operated a post office and stage
coach station east of the marker. Part of the original
boards from the station were used in the barn that still
stands. The Pony Express Re-ride takes place along this
route each year. The marker is on the east side of 21st Road
between Frontier and Granite Roads, 3 miles north of
Beattie. The site of the station a short distance to the
east is private property.
6. Wuester house. Built in 1876, took five years to build.
Private property. Drive-by only. About 3 miles north of
Beattie on the west side of 21st Road between Frontier and
Granite Roads.
7. Life School. Scene of the 1891 dispute during a school
board election that led to the Goldsberry-Bender murder. The
schoolhouse is now a private home. On Limestone Road east of
19th Road.
8 and 9. Two Lutheran churches located a mile apart in the
area known as Swede Settlement. Salem Lutheran Church was
founded by Swedish immigrants in 1874, but some of its
members broke away to found Mission Covenant Lutheran six
years later. Services are still held at both churches. 26th
and 27th Roads on Navaho Road.
10. Shirley Farm and Garden. Thousands of flowers. Fruit and
produce for sale in season. Tours of the garden by
appointment. At Christmas a display of 35,000 lights along
the driveway is open to the public. 1650 30th Road.
785-382-6357.
11. Axtell Doughboy statue, commemorating local men and
women who served in  World War I, is the only monument of its
kind in the county. Northeast corner at 5th and Maple in
center of Axtell.
12. Rose Hill Cemetery has an original Civil War cannon in
the first driveway. From First Street on the west side of
Axtell continue north, cross the railroad tracks, continue
as the road turns to the left.
13. Marker for the site of the David Smith Inn, a stage
station on the Overland Stage Route. 2 miles north of Axtell
on 30th Road, just south of Granite Road.
14. St. Bridget’s Cemetery. A marker to right of the central figure of Jesus has the names of the six McGrath children who drowned one day in 1897 when the family buggy overturned in a flooded creek. On 30th Road ¾ mile north of
Deer Trail Road.
15. St. Bridget’s Church. National Register of Historic
Places. The first Catholic parish in the county, organized
by the Irish community in this area. This building,
dedicated in 1908, has a high vaulted ceiling with no
visible supporting pillars. Only three churches in Kansas
are built with this design. Two masses a year are held here,
Memorial Day weekend and early November. On 29th Terrace
between Bison and Cherokee Roads. For tours contact Terry
Stallbaumer, 785-736-2910.
16. Summerfield. On Highway 99 on the Kansas-Nebraska
border. Highway 99 through this area is a beautiful drive
with light traffic and connects to major highway systems in
both Kansas and Nebraska.
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