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Volume 8, Issue 4 - Feature #1204

We Are Inter-connected On the Prairie...

There were actually three Kansas towns named Runnymede, all within a few miles of each other. The first was a post office on the ranch of Ned Turnley. The second Runnymede was the English colony of Runnymede, still on Turley's ranch but a distance away from the original post office. The third town of Runnymede was located 2 miles south of the English colony on the highway where the historic marker now stands. The train depot that is in Wichita is from the third town of Runnymede which is near the ATSF (now BNSF) railroad. One of the reasons the English colony failed was because it was bypassed by the railroad. We do have some antique railroad signs from the third town of Runnymede that are located in The Runnymede building in Alva. They were donated by Lee and Mary Haley.

Jim Richey - 2006-01-28 19:36:18

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