Camp Concordia World War II German POW Camp.
During World War II, 300,000 German Prisoners of War were interred in the United States. Many of the POWs were confined in Kansas where they worked on farms and other prospects. Typically the Kansas POWs were housed small camps of 100 or less. Some of these camps were located in the communities of El Dorado, Hutchinson, Cawker City, Hays, and Topeka, Ottawa.
Three larger camps were located in Kansas, near Salina (Camp Phillips), at Fort Riley, and just outside Concordia, Kansas. Construction of Camp Concordia began in February, 1943 and the POW camp was turned over to the US Army on May 1, 1943. At its peak Camp Concordia 4,027 Prisoners, 880 soldiers and 179 civilian Employees.
Camp Concordia had 304 buildings including a 177 bed hospital, fire department, warehouses, cold storage, and officers club, and barracks, mess halls & administrative buildings for both the German POWs and American soldiers. The camp cost $1,808,860, running $40,000 over budget. Not bad for a construction that took only 90 days.
All of the prisoners at Camp Concordia were members of the German Army. Most were captured in Africa, and the first POWs came from Rommel's Afrika Korps. Only the enlisted POWs worked, most of them on farms, but some worked on the railroad or in the ice plant. The POWS had their own band and newspaper.
Camp Concordia officially closed on November 8, 1945. Many of the buildings were torn down and others were moved. Some are still serving as homes in Concordia. The only structures remaining at the original location are Guard Post 20, a ware house, some stone walls, the officers club, a few foundations, and the tower which once supported a 100,000 gallon water tank. A two story stone guard tower has been reconstructed.
The POW Camp Concordia Preservation Society has a small museum in Guard House 20, but does not open it on a regular schedule. The Society can be contacted at 121 West 6th Street, Concordia, KS 66901, (785) 243-1710. The Preservation Society meets at 7 PM on the second Monday of each month at The Cloud County Museum in Concordia. The museum has several exhibits devoted to Camp Concordia.
To visit the remains of Camp Concordia, go north of Concordia on US 81, 2 miles to Union Road. (also known as Fort Kearney Road) Then turn right (East) on Union Road where you will find the reconstructed guard tower on your left. Guard House 20 is a few blocks farther east.
Over Nebraska-Kansas Line
2010RoadTripUSA. Part 9. Over Nebraska-Kansas Line. August 23, 2010.
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US-36 passes through all 13 counties in Kansas which border Nebraska. The highway enters the Sunflower State from Colorado in Cheyenne County and shares a seven-mile (11 km) concurrency through the town of St. Francis with K-27, the first north--south route intersected in Kansas. K-27 splits east of St. Francis and heads south toward Goodland, and US-36 then continues through Bird City and McDonald before intersecting K-25 in Atwood, the seat of Rawlins County.
US-36 continues east through Decatur County, intersecting with US-83 in Oberlin before beginning a concurrency with K-383 in Norton County, a concurrency which runs for 12 miles (19 km) through the city of Norton, where it crossesUS-283. K-383 splits in eastern Norton County and bends northeast toward Almena and the Nebraska state line, while US-36 enters Phillips County, picking up a brief concurrency with US-183 in Phillipsburg.
The Republican River is formed by the confluence of the North Fork Republican River and South Fork Republican River immediately southeast of Benkelman, Nebraska in Dundy County. Both forks originate in the High Plains of northeastern Colorado. From the confluence, the river flows generally eastward along the southern border of Nebraska, passing through Swanson Reservoir and Harlan County Reservoir before curving southward into the Smoky Hills region of Kansas. The Republican River joins the Smoky Hill River at Junction City, Kansas to form the Kansas River.
Some cities along the river are McCook, Nebraska, Clay Center, Kansas, Concordia, Kansas and Junction City, Kansas. Near Concordia is the Republican River Pegram Truss, a bridge that goes over the Republican River that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The river was named after a branch of Pawnee Indians known as the Republicans Allocation of the water from the Republican River is governed through an agreement called the Republican River Compact, involving the states of Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. (wikipedia)
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Around Kansas - Deb and Frank's Chat - January 11, 2017
(Frank Chaffin) It's an early January morning, but we're going to brighten up your day. I'm Frank. (Deb Goodrich) I'm Deb. (Frank) This is Around Kansas. (Deb) Yes, we're going to brighten your day. We've got some -- middle of the winter that didn't stop us from having fun -- we've got some big events coming up and I want to let you in. We've shared the clip from Home on the Range documentary. I can't tell you how great this documentary is going to be. We gave you just a little sample of the couple of interviews that I did with Michael Martin Murphy and Ken Spurgeon, the filmmaker. But if you want to see the whole thing, Friday night is the world premiere at the Wichita Orpheum Theater, seven o'clock. On Saturday, The Center Theater in Smith Center Kansas, the hometown of the Home on the Range song, and then on Sunday -- wait a minute, Saturday will be a Matinee and then Sunday will be a Matinee. Then on January 29th, we'll have the Home on the Range, that's Kansas Day of course, we'll show the Home on the Range documentary at the Fort Wallace Museum in Wallace Kansas. February 19th, at the Brown Grand Theater in Concordia, and February 24th at the Murdock Theater in Wichita to benefit the North Field High School. There are some other screenings that are being scheduled. If you want to schedule a screening, you can just send me an email and I can hook you up. It's going to be phenomenal. This is going to spread far and wide beyond Kansas and I think it's going to make all Kansans proud when they see it. We need a screening here in Topeka. Who wants to do a screening here in Topeka? Your living room, Frank would be perfect for screening. (Frank) We could do it here in the Dillon House. (Deb) We could do it here in the Dillon House. What a great place! Yes, we can have Hors d’Oeuvres and a nice time, champagne. That would be -- good idea Frank. Good job. (Frank) Hey, we have a party. (Deb) Good job. Good job. But really, if you've got a beautiful theater, The Grand, The Brown Theater in Concordia, have you ever seen that one Frank? (Frank) No. (Deb) You did a story on some of the - (Frank) - some of the restored theaters, yes. (Deb) There's a lot of them around the state that would be perfect to show this film. (Frank) That' one I didn't do though. (Deb) It is stunning, it is stunning. We had one of the screenings for, I think it was Bloody Dawn, one of the Lone Chimney Films at the Brown Theater and it's spectacular. It's just, of course, Concordia is the most beautiful town. They've got the most wonderful museums and the sweetest people, the nicest museums and really love their history and did such a beautiful job with it, and the Brown Theater is just kind of the decoration on the cake of this beautiful town in Cloud County. It's so pretty. Cloud County is famous for something other than Boston Corbett. [Laughter] (Frank) Okay. (Deb) All right. We won't go there. We've got a great show for you. Stay with us.
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Dr. Bradford is the author of 'Texas Tornadoes: The Lone Star State’s Deadliest Twisters', and her experience in Tornado Alley led her to study these remarkable storms. The presentation will cover the history of Texas tornadoes and tornado forecasting.
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The Holsman Automobile Company was an early United States automobile manufacturer in Chicago, Illinois, between 1901 and 1910. Founded by Henry K. Holsman, the company produced a high wheeler automobile.