 |
Community & Historical Web Links |
|
Welcome. We are developing this Links page to help you find more information, both current and historical, about Oswego, Labette County, and surrounding areas of Kansas. (This is just a very early and incomplete list; please check back for more.) These links each open in new tabs or windows, depending upon your browser. You can close those tabs or windows to return here. Please remember that these other sites may have privacy policies and terms of use that differ from ours. The Oswego Historical Society, Inc., cannot vouch for the accuracy of all information at other sites; nor does our linking to them imply any endorsement by the Society of products or services advertised at those sites. |
| Local Government | ||
| City of Oswego Official Site | www.oswegokansas.com | |
| Oswego Schools | www.usd504.org | |
| Labette County Govt. | www.labettecounty.com | |
| Labette County Treasurer | www.kansastreasurers.org | |
| Other Oswego Information | ||
| Oswego Airport | www.airnav.com | |
| Neosho River Stage | www.crh.noaa.gov | |
| Oswego H. S. Alumni | www.oswegoalumni.org | |
| And some sites with general background and statistics: | ||
| 'A City to Remember' | www.lasr.net/leisure/ | |
| City Data | www.city-data.com | |
| Oswego in Wikipedia | en.wikipedia.org | |
| Notable Persons in Area History | ||
| A preliminary sampling. We are likely to devote an entire section of oswegohistory.org to biographies of notable area people. | ||
| Ted Watts Sports artist. " " |
usd250.org/...oral_history.... geocities.com/tedwatts2000/ www.tedwatts.net |
|
| Edythe Draper Writer, reporter. |
www.washburn.edu corvalliscommunitypages.com |
|
| Carson Robison Musician. | www.westernmusic.org | |
| Jim Draper Reporter, civil rights activist. | corvalliscommunitypages.com | |
| The Town Builders | ||
| The early settlers of Oswego weren't content to just build one new town. Tulsa, OK, as well as Independence and Pittsburg, Kansas, got their start with the help of former Oswegoans. More soon. | ||
| J. M. Hall & Tulsa | hall.html | |
| 'Haytown' (Independence) | www.indykansas.com | |
| Visitors | ||
| Oswego and Southeast Kansas as seen through the eyes of travelers. | ||
| Flying Dutchman (literally!) | blogger.xs4all.nl/laan4 | |
| A Katy Railroad Tour | (No longer available.) | |
| West Coast to the Plains | www.tlcproductions.net/words | |
| The Odd and The Dramatic | ||
| Odd real-life happenings and some fictional incidents involving Oswego and Labette County. Remember, we can't vouch for all the information at these sites. | ||
| The Benders America's 'first family' of serial murder. | www.leatherockhotel.com | |
| Lynn White Smallest man of Kansas. | www.quasi-modo.net | |
| Oswego: UFO Base? Just innocent bystanders in the 'Pennington hoax.' | www.unexplainable.net | |
| Oswego: Nazi Spy Base? Not after Indiana Jones came through town in The Hollow Earth! | theraider.net/features/interviews | |
Please check back periodically. We will be adding new information over time.