Arkansas City, Cowley County
City Hall (118 W Central Ave) – Map
Type: Bronze Plaques and Memorial flag
Description: There are two bronze plaques and a memorial cased flag in the main entry to the Arkansas City City Hall. The first plaque reads: “This tablet ~ dedicated to the memory ~ of the Grand Army of the ~ Republic & presented to the ~ city by their auxiliary ~ Womans Relief Corps No. 56 ~ at their ~ Third District Convention ~ Oct. 17th – 18th – 1939 ~ at ~ Kansas City Kansas ~ names”.
The second plaque reads: “You are not forgotten comrades ~ nor will you ever be; ~ as long as life and memory last ~ we’ll remember thee. ~ Dedicated in memory ~ of ~ our fathers ~ the Union Soldiers ~ of the ~ Civil War ~ 1861-1865 ~ by the ~ Kansas Department ~ Daughters of Union Veterans ~ of the Civil War ~ May 6, 1946”.
At the end of the hall is an American Flag cased with two muskets. The plaque at the top of the case reads: “Preserved in Honor ~ Arkansas City Post No. 158 ~ Grand Army of the Republic ~ by ~ Woman’s Relief Corps – United Spanish War Veterans ~ Veterans of Foreign Wars – American Legion”. A book of Services and a book of Ritual are included in the case.
References:
Arkansas City Official Website
Photographs:
DE McGovern, February 2, 2010
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Arkansas City, Cowley County
Hope Cemetery (31st and 312th Rds, southwest of town) – Map
Type: Granite Soldier Statue
Description: A soldier at parade rest is mounted on a square column. The square shaft has a GAR badge engraved on the front. The monument is inscribed: “To The Memory Of The Unknown Soldiers, Sailors And Marines, From ’61 To ’65.” The base is inscribed: “61 – 65”.
This monument was erected by the Sunflower Club (a social and literary organization including the ladies of Arkansas City). The seventeen foot tall monument cost $1000. Dedication was October 24, 1907. Ex Gov. W.E. Stanley gave the main address of the day.
References:
Baruch and Beckman, 1978,
Martin, 1910,
SOS! 1994
Photographs:
J Coyne, January 29, 2006
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Arkansas City, Cowley County
Riverview Cemetery north west of town) – Map
Type: Granite Soldier Statue
Description: Built and dedicated by GAR Post 158 at Arkansas City in 1911. All four sides of the monument bear the names of various battles and commanders. These include (by side):
battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Atlanta; commanders Grant, Sherman, Logan;
battles of Stone River, Pea Ridge, Chicamauga; commanders Sheridan, McPherson, Thomas;
battles of Kennesaw Mt, Mobile, Cold Harbor; commanders Lyon, Farragut, Foote;
battles of Antietam, Wilderness, Gettysburg; commanders Hooker, Canby, Meade.
Around the monument are more than 60 graves of veterans. Next to the monument (to its right) is a plaque of the Gettysburg Address.
References:
SOS! 1994
Photographs:
J Coyne, November 20, 2004
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Dexter, Cowley County
Cemetery (south east of town) – Map
Type: Granite Monument
Description: A small marker in the cemetery is inscribed: “In Honor Of ~ All Service Men ~ Of Our ~ Country ~ Erected 1949 By ~ Army & Navy Mothers ~ Dexter Post No. 25”.
References:
reported by J Birket
Photographs:
J Birket, June 23, 2005
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
Winfield, Cowley County
Highland Cemetery (South of town – west of Main, South of River) – Map
Type: Brick and granite memorials
Description: The cemetery is divided into a north section and a south section. The north section has a brick memorial with a stone plaque engraved: “This memorial dedicated by ~ Winfield American Legion Post 10 ~ to all men and women who ~ honorably served their Country ~ to preserve our freedom”. A flagpole is mounted near this memorial.
The south section has a granite memorial with bronze name plates of veterans. The monument is engraved: “In the memory of ~ those who served ~ their country ~ lest their ~ lives ~ be forgotten”.
References:
reported by DE McGovern
Photographs:
DE McGovern, October 9, 2010
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
Winfield, Cowley County
Kansas Veterans Cemetery (North East of town – 1208 North College St.) – Map
Type: Pavilion
Description: The cemetery is located at the Kansas Veterans Home. Central to the cemetery is a large pavilion with: “No one is ever buried alone – all are buried with honor” engraved on the portal.
References:
reported by DE McGovern
Photographs:
DE McGovern, October 9, 2010
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
Department of Kansas Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War 