This huge limestone post with the engraved words "Post Rock Country" is the largest post rock in Kansas. In it's entirety the slab is 24 feet long , 6 feet buried in the ground for support and 18 feet above the ground level. The gigantic post weighs just 50 pounds less than two tons. The limestone that was used to make it was quarried just northeast of Wilson in Sylvan Grove by the Vonada family.
The Wilson Opera House and Opera House Museum, along with Dr. Whitmer'
Wilson, KS MuseumsThe native limestone structure was originally built in 1889 as the "Power Hotel." In 1902 a fire gutted the interior of the Hotel leaving the limestone walls. Mr. Samuel Anspaugh agreed to purchase the hotel site if the town would raise the money for interior construction. A fund drive netted $2,250
Wilson, KS Historic HotelsLocated in Downtown Wilson in the city park by the railroad right of way is the World Wars Memorial in memory to those soldiers and marines who lost their lives during the wars.
Wilson, KS MemorialsAt Granny Mae's Pumpkin Patch we have created six unique patches - Munchkin Land, SuperFreaks, Land of Giants, Gourd Grove, Full Moon Farm, and the Pumpkin Patch - where we grow pumpkins and gourds in every shape, color, and size imaginable. Everything grown at Granny Mae'
Wilson, KS Pumpkin PatchesThe Tipton Golf Course is a public, nine hole course with sand greens. It hosted the State Sand Green finals in 2005. ...