80 Foot Wide Brick Streets

Take a walk along the 80 foot wide brick streets of downtown. WaKeeney was founded in 1879 by the efforts of a 33 year old Chicago real estate developer, James Franklin WaKeeney and partner-friend, Albert Warren. The Warren-Keeney land development company was formed which provided an architect to lay out these streets.

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Somewhere between here and nowhere.

The spaces in between are often the most memorable.

Big Creek Golf Course

Big Creek Golf Course is one of the nicest 9 hole, grass green golf courses…

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Emanuel Lutheran Church

The Emanuel Lutheran Church was constructed in 1902 of native limestone quarried near Threshing Machine…

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Worth the stop.

Some places don't need much time, just the right moment.

Butterfield Overland Despatch Trail

Stone markers can be seen where this trail crosses the north-south country roads. The Butterfield…

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The road is the experience.

Getting there is often the point, not just the outcome.

Elk Dreamer Art Gallery

The newest attraction to Wakeeney features southwest art prints and sculptures.

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