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<b>PARSONS, KANSAS</b> <br />Samfp1943 commented that the Katy Depot in Parsons, Kansas burned in the early 1950’s. The depot burned in either 1912 or 1914. The building that replaced it, to my knowledge, stood until around 1969-70. The depot was demolished due to the Urban Renewal project. The companion building to the south of the depot was an office building that was the same approximate size and design. It was demolished (early 1960’s) after the Railroad moved the accounting department to Denison, Texas in the middle of the night in the late 1950’s. <br /> <br />I grew up in Parsons, Kansas. <br /> <br /><b>AUGUSTA, KANSAS</b> <br />The Frisco Depot in Augusta, Kansas is now vacant after being used as a pawn shop for several years. The owner of the building sold it to the City of Augusta for $125,000 in the fall of 2005. Plans have been drawn up to locate the chamber of commerce office in the old depot with a meeting/reception room in part of the facility. To accompli***hat funds will have to be raised. <br /> <br /><b>WICHITA, KANSAS</b> <br />Cox Communications (aka: cable TV) has plans in the future to move out of the Wichita, Kansas Union Station Depot. Options for the use of building are open at this time. It may be too large for the Great Plains Transportation Museum (GPTM) to occupy. GPTM is now across the street on Douglas Avenue in a section called Old Town. <br /> <br /><b>EL DORADO, KANSAS</b> <br />The old Missouri Pacific depot in El Dorado, Kansas may be an office now. The location of the non-existent Santa Fe depot in El Dorado is about one block south of Central and one block west of Main Street or just east of the Butler County Judicial Court Center. There are some pictures in the west first floor hallway of the judicial center showing a picture of the old Santa Fe depot. One will have to go through a metal detector to view them. No tracks exist there now. One can see where they once went to the south as they would connect to today’s BNSF main transcontinental line. Hopefully the pictures are still there as they were on loan from the Butler Co. Historical & Oil Museum located on East Main from downtown. <br /> <br />How did I know there were some historical pictures in the judicial center? When I went to court to contest a speeding ticket, I found the picture. Watch out for the Butler County Sheriff deputies. The department has old radars in their cars and they may not know to operate them very well. Also the magistrate (non-lawyer) judge (elected-only qualification is to a qualified voter), Martina Hubble (paid about $44,000 [more than most teachers]) did not believe I was going 63 in a 65 zone. The deputy sheriff said I was going 75 MPH. Cost $90. I was telling the truth and my wife was with me in the vehicle (van)!! <br /> <br /><b>MARION, KANSAS</b> <br />In Marion, Kansas there is an old Santa Fe depot but there are no tracks. It is just south of the central part of the downtown business district just east of Sunflower Road. Have not stopped there but believe it is now a library or museum. <br />
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