O.L. "Rusty" and Joan Eck

Members of the WSU Baseball Founders Club

Longtime successful Wichita area businessman and his wife, Joan, whose drive for excellence may have only been exceeded by their genuine concern for others. Only through their initial commitment in 1983 did Phase ...

Augusta Arsenal 1941

(Campus of Augusta State University)

The towers,

part of the 1941

construction for

World War II, was

home to the optical shop

and was used for testing

instruments that ensured the

accuracy of artillery fire.

Observing objects at known

distances on the horizon, instruments

could be tested for accuracy and ...

Ron and Linda Tyler

Members of WSU Baseball Founders Club

Former WSU Baseball pitcher (1965-66), and successful businessman who together with his wife, Linda, made Phase II a reality by funding the project in the Fall of 1987. With the naming of "Tyler Field" upon ...

Virginia H. Farah Foundation

Member of WSU Baseball Founders Club.

The Virginia H. Farah Foundation's early support of the Eck Stadium Phase IV renovation project was instrumental in making it a reality. The Foundation supports selected charitable causes throughout the world. Its Trustees chose to ...

Pembroke College Tribute

The building adjacent to this site housed

Pembroke College

Founded in 1891 with six students, the Woman's College in Brown University formally established in 1896 and renamed Pembroke College in 1928. The first women to receive degrees were Anne Tillinghast ...

Harry "Hap" Bledsoe

Member of WSU Baseball Founders Club

Came to Wichita in 1958 and developed Resthaven Gardens of memory and Resthaven Funeral Home from a wheat field into one of the Midwest's most beautiful Cemeteries; past president of the International Cemetery and Funeral ...

Our Confederate Heroes

CSA

(Front):

To the Confederate soldiers of Scotland County, the record of whose sublime self-sacrifice and undying devotion to duty in the service of their country is a fond heritage of a loyal posterity.

(Right):

"We care not whence they came, dear, in their ...

Deskins Tavern

On this site Dr. John Deskins erected a tavern in 1836. Abraham Lincoln, David Davis and other lawyers frequently stayed overnight here while the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court was in session at the Postville Court House. The judge, lawyers, litigants, ...

Atlanta Public Library-Museum

The Atlanta public library was founded in 1873 by public spirited citizens who realized the importance of books. In 1973, the museum was added for the purpose of preserving Atlanta's heritage. In 1979, this octagonal structure was listed on the ...

Giovanni Da Verrazzano

To

Giovanni Da Verrazzano

The navigator from Italy

who in 1524 crossed the perilous northern Ocean

First to

behold the coast of the future United States

cast anchor in this bay

explore its islands

one of which because of its shape he christened Rhodes

name later extended to ...