Glen Elder, Kansas 67446 -- Waconda Lake & Glen Elder State Park
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Glen Elder, Kansas
History & Heritage
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Heritage
Farming is the foundation of Glen Elder's heritage. Nearly everyone native to the Glen Elder area has some form of association to farming. When the first pioneers, many of community's great, great grandfathers, began to settle this area in the late 1860's to early 1870's. Their sole existence centered on what they could raise from the land. Many others who chose to make their home in Glen Elder, but who did not farm themselves, relied on farmers to keep their businesses and families flourishing.
Historical Accounts
  • Glen Elder Early History
  • Legend of Waconda Springs
  • West Hampton, precursor to GE
  • Glen Elder Early Day Schools
  • Glen Elder Dam & Waconda Lake
  • Ernie Norris / Castle Station
  • Wilson Neff / Wilson Neff Park
  • Glen Elder Statue of Liberty
Historical Photos
  • Around Town
  • Solomon River
  • Trains through GE
  • Out on the Farm
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Today, everyone, including visitors and new-comers, sense and experience the rising and falling of seasonal emotions, a rhythm of tasks associated to farming.   ...emotions that dwindle and become fidgety in the late winter months build with excited anticipation of fresh soil and spring planting. Then, suddenly, a celebrated, frenzied rush of summer heat and wheat harvest. Work and more work batters the nerves and bodies of everyone in the late dog-days of summer. Then, there is new found energy, a growing sense of finality as the cool of autumn settles over the dust of fall harvest and the sewing of next year's wheat crop. Winter arrives, again, and the cycle continues.
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  • Site Updated 03-24-23
Glen Elder City Hall
213 S Market St.
​Box 55
Glen Elder, KS 67446

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  • Home
    • Site Map
  • City Info
    • City Hall
    • Useful Phone Numbers
    • Pay GE City Online
    • GE City Codes
    • Employment
    • City Library
    • City Swimming Pool
  • Businesses & Lodging
    • Businesses
    • Places to Stay
    • RV Parks
  • Events
    • Stortz--Grand Opening
    • 2023 Fun Run
  • Organizations
    • Organizations
    • American Legion >
      • Deceased Veterans
      • Flag Poles
    • City Library
    • GE Churches
    • GE Community Club >
      • Scholarship Recipients
    • GE High School Alumni
    • GE Housing Authority
    • GE Nutrition Center
    • GE Lions Club
  • Waconda Lake
    • Waconda Lake
    • Glen Elder State Park
    • History of GE Dam
    • Hopewell Church
    • Waconda Springs
  • History
    • History
    • Memoir Lane
    • Waconda Springs
    • Genealogical Society
  • Useful Links
  • Locate Us