Votes are in: Fort Leavenworth part of 8 Wonders of Kansas Fort
Leavenworth has been named one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas
History, the Kansas Sampler Foundation announced Tuesday. A
record-setting 19,146 votes were cast online and through paper
ballots for the 8 Wonders of Kansas History. Previous 8 Wonders
distinctions were voted upon in architecture, art, commerce,
cuisine, customs and geography, as well as the original 8
Wonders of Kansas. Fort Riley near Junction City also was named
one of the 8 Wonders, as was the Fort Scott Historic Site in
Fort Scott. The other five landmarks and museums named to the
list: • 1930s Dust Bowl to Gas Exploration, Historic Adobe
Museum, Ulysses. • Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City. • Santa Fe
Trail National Historic Landmark, Council Grove. • Kansas Museum
of History, Topeka. • Kanza Tribe & Lewis and Clark’s
Independence Creek, Atchison. The public nominated more than 170
historical sites, but a selection committee whittled the list
down to 24 finalists. Criteria required that