What a stately dame of a courthouse! I think it's excellent and I have an unexpected fondness for it. I can't even entirely articulate why, either. I just do. But you know what I also like for reasons I can happily explain? Monuments to the Union! Meet Corporal Noah Ness, namesake of Ness County. It's … Continue reading 510. Ness City, Ness County (KS032) →

Hmmm... This was a look, this neo-old school rock hewn brick thing. I was pleasantly surprised by it, but at the same time it felt like it was built by a committee. I imagine they needed a courthouse, so they called a subdivision builder to make it happen. They chose options to be added to … Continue reading 509. WaKeeny, Trego County (KS031) →

This isn't a courthouse. This is a church extension where they teach Sunday school or run a daycare. I guess it's possible that it could have been an elementary school in the 1960's, but it's not a courthouse. Except it is and that makes me sad. But that is the way of things. I have … Continue reading 508. Hill City, Graham County (KS030) →

This, my readers, is what I think people are talking about when they extol the virtues of small towns in middle America. A traditional and handsome courthouse, sitting in the middle of an idyllic town square. It, like the square, is a little weathered and aged, but has new additions for the ongoing lives of … Continue reading 507. Norton, Norton County (KS029) →

Stately. Majestic. Traditional. I liked it, but I didn't have a lot to say about it at that moment (other than the fact that I've been to another one). Let me tell you something about me and my travels: I have a tendency to go hard for the first 24 to 36 hours, but after … Continue reading 506. Oberlin, Decatur County (KS028) →

This is a perfectly cromulent courthouse and all, but my problem here is a locational one... Why is it that some courthouses just can't be found in "GPS"/mapping programs? Every time I tried to route to it, I kept getting directed to Wyoming! The county courthouse, with few arguable exceptions, is the most important building … Continue reading 505. Hoxie, Sheridan County (KS027) →

The courthouse is, well, a courthouse. It's not exactly a Sears Brand courthouse or anything, but there's nothing particularly enthusing about it either. Thus is life in a small town, I guess. Maybe I was a little wistful at the moment. I had already picked up a cache and I put me in an interesting … Continue reading 504. Gove, Gove County (KS026) →

I have to admit that, in certain ways, I'd been quite lucky this trip. It had been raining a lot all the time I would be driving, but it always seemed to settle down and get pretty sedate by the time I had to stop and get out of the car. I hadn't had to … Continue reading 503. Dighton, Lane County (KS025) →

Admittedly, this is a nice little courthouse, but I got something extra that I didn't expect. Since I'm uncharacteristically doing this on a weekday, I actually got a chance to go inside and take a look at the place myself! And by "take a look at the place myself," I mean I took the opportunity … Continue reading 502. Leoti, Wichita County (KS024) →

Hey! We've got one of these back home! Oddly enough, it's interesting how similar they are: sleepy towns with nice courthouses, but ultimately not all that impressive. At least the one back home has a president to its fame. Heck, he was the last Democrat the county voted for... The cache ended up taking me … Continue reading 501. Johnson City, Stanton County (KS023) →