small town, USA // Mound City, KS // population 647

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

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[@ruthmusic2]

You finally made it to "true" Eastern Kansas!! Loved this video. So much history here in Linn County. Thanks for featuring Mound City.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

More Linn County to come!

[@stevehilliard1495]

Impressive how much history has been preserved by the community

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Definitely! Fun to explore and visit!

[@startledmilk6670]

As someone who is going to grad school for public history/museum studies, I love to see this. Local history is just as if not a bit more important than certain “bigger” historical topics.

[@glorias8540]

So glad you're back on that side of KS! 😊 I lived in Baxter Springs over 40 years before moving to Wichita. Each time we'd got to KC, we would stop at one of the Civil War battleground sites, or other historical site. The area around Mound City is littered with history! Looking forward to more videos from this area! Great job, as usual!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! I’ve got more from that area coming as well!

[@cindyedwards9621]

Always strange to wonder why the actual mounds are not mentioned. Or barely mentioned in the area..Louis and Clark speak of the Blue mound, and there are others in and around the towns down in that area. They are huge.

[@travis303]

The state's Civil War history has always been interesting to me, the state had such a big impact on the war, including the starting of the war in the first place, and the war had a big impact on the state.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I’ve got a lot more coming up in the next couple of months from this area!

[@brendacejda7069]

The buildings downtown look to be in good shape. Once again, some beautiful architecture! Very nice video....thank you!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Yeah it was a very nice town to explore!

[@ronfullerton3162]

One of the old buildings that I love when traveling around the small towns of the Midwest are the old County Courthouses. Such grand and stately buildings they are! The differences due to date of construction, funds available, the designer, and the surrounding territory were all factors that went into their end appearance. I could just go county to county where they have maintained the old courthouse and walk all around and through each one. They definitely keep the history of the county alive. Thanks for stopping by and picking us up for another great trip.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

@@ronfullerton3162 I love finding those old courthouses in smaller county seats! Usually they are pretty impressive still!

[@shoe3727]

it is a nice town i own land at sugar valley and fish the lake in the summer and a lot of lakes around there ,Mound city lake , critzer lake ,hidden valley lake , and more. i live in Lansing Ks.

[@bertholini2810]

You do more research (on the areas you are currently at) than most of us can imagine. Very nice video. Thank you for posting !

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! I try to give a little info so maybe others could get interested and explore themselves. 😊

[@stevenjlovelace]

2:38 It's cool that a city of less than 1,000 has (or at least had) an Opera House! I'm guessing opera was a much bigger deal back then.

[@brentnearhood8874]

Thanks! Wiseguy🏘

[@chilipeppersalsa7596]

So cool. Looks like a Hallmark movie set . I would have named it Sugar Hill...love that group

[@dvbj665311]

I was really hoping that you would come to Mound City. It is an awesome place and I really really glad you came here. I live in Linn County. I’m excited to see you visited out county seat.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

It was fun! More Linn County to come!

[@bettyallen6372]

Frank McGrath, who played "Charlie Wooster" on Wagon Train was from Mound City.

[@3ec302]

He was from Mound City, MO. It is a different Mound City about 3 hours away.

[@Quitealways]

A neat small town with quite a history.

[@bigred4335]

Great video and facts about Mound City …. I will have to visit one day ….Peace and Blessings

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you very much!!

[@sueelliott3206]

Interesting little town. TFS

[@geneballay9590]

very interesting. thank you for documenting and then sharing.

[@garymcintosh8340]

Born east of mound city in a home near Mine Creek. 80 Plus years ago. Attended the grade school.

[@TheLewellin]

I live in Johnson County, and I only recently started watching (& enjoying) your videos. I did a report on Bleeding Kansas for an American History class in college and Linn County definitely showed up in my research. Lot's of interesting history there.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you for watching! It's a very interesting area to learn about!

[@DavidGonzalez-61shamy]

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

[@melissarhynerson8076]

I’m home town

[@tallboy2234]

That’s a small town that is pretty! 😊

[@marymac674]

I love this video.

[@ThawZin-t1v]

In Myanmar some of the villages are larger than this town😅😊😊❤❤

[@juliogonzales5441]

Looks like a nice and friendly town...thanks

[@carlosmontana8840]

I watch alot of your videos, I was surprised by this one ,I lived in the area for about 12 years. Lots of border war history in the area .

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks! I have more coming up from that area!

[@robertwynn5844]

Was just there earlier in Feb. Beautiful old courthouse.

[@pamelaherriford1940]

Such a well preserved little town!

[@tinman7130]

Interesting park, and the pedestrian covered bridge was cool

[@OdySlim]

I enjoy your videos very much. thank you for the reply and link for Smith Cty Museum! I greatly appreciate your help! Regards from Ody Slim

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks a lot!!

[@R32R38]

It seems to be a busier downtown than one would expect for such a small town.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Agreed!

[@jerryrichardson8029]

Another very good and informative video. Amazing how I could live so close to this area (nw missouri) and not know anything of the history here. Thank you so much for educating me (us) in a very professional and informative way. Pray for you daily.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you very much! I’m the same way with little towns near where I grew up. As I’ve gotten older I love learning about their histories!

[@peterselten500]

Hi john love the town looks like a great place to live thanks for the tour . Cheers mate 🇦🇺

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks Peter! Cheers!

[@bglrj]

Kansas is still close to its past. I remember taking my daughter to Daddy- Daughter dance in Leawood, which is a very wealthy suburb of Kansas City. I was the oldest man there. I was also the only one who grew up with indoor plumbing. These guys were in their late 20s and '30s.

[@ronfullerton3162]

Many of the neighbors in the farming community I grew up in had indoor plumbing. But up until I was in the fourth grade, I still had to make my way to the outhouse. Come winter, I would try to "hold ut" until I fot ro school. Some of my city girl cousins didn't really care to come visit the farm. The city boy cousins thought it was great to just wander over behind a building. I know you g ones today who do not even use a porta potty. What fin it would be to take them back to that 1950's Iowa farm!

[@elizagrogan9454]

My city was founded in 912AD. It's the oldest city in my country. I'm always amused at how new American cities are, in comparison.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

We are definitely a very young country in comparison, but what I always find interesting is all of the attempts at creating these towns as our country expanded westward. Many failed and many are in their last decades. Such a large and diverse country.

[@clemsonvoorheis3923]

New Subscriber here. It's cool about the towns you explore. Reminds me of home town and the surrounding areas/towns.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you for the support!

[@williammatzek4660]

Small town kansas!

[@ronald9279]

Have you ever heard of Moundville, alabama, lots of mound in the stat park. Assume video. Have a great weekend

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I haven’t heard of that one! Thanks!

[@prescotian1500]

LOL I was wondering if you were ever going to cover my county. You missed the Civil War Mine Creek Battlefield 4 miles East of Mound City on KS Hwy 52

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Oh don't worry - look for it in a future episode :)

[@apryldillon1979]

I grew up in Pleasanton. I know mound city all to well. Would u do a video of Pleasanton?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I would love to but not sure when I can get to it. It’s a very nice town!

[@apryldillon1979]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy thank u for replying back. I understand.

[@oklahomasoonersfootball]

I'm an Oklahoman but Kansas has a lot of nuances.

[@roaddog420usa5]

U should of showed the lake their in Mounds City

[@CraftySkunkz]

I grew up in Mound City, KS.

[@eg25013]

I would like to see a video from you home town ,I guess it is Wachita, Kansas , I f you have a video from it, send me a links

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

If you go to my channel there should be one of the playlists named Wichita. I have a couple videos from there.

[@whoamI-in9jq]

Old Mound Town!

[@whoamI-in9jq]

Home of some of the nices people in the world 🌎

[@KS5040]

It's in Kansas so it gets an F- grade along with having La Cygne in the corner of Linn County having contaminated water from the coal power plant there.

[@brandongray5732]

Beer drinking capitol

[@dawnteach]

I live here you don't really want to move here unless you really enjoy being bored crazy, The cities about an hour and 20 and the closest shopping is 30 minutes. In fort Scott. It's mostly elderly people therefore there's a lot of death and that gives you nothing to look forward to but your own all the time. I can definitely understand why children get in trouble and small town. I guess if you like a lot of hayrides and mud bogging and farming😅 and 4-H I guess you could be okay here