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🏨 Did You Know: Basehor Has Had Three Hotels

⛪ This Month in History: A Church on the Move

Looking ahead

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Rain sticks around a bit longer. Expect showers and storms today, high of 85, with about a 43 percent chance. Friday brings a better chance at 69 percent with a high of 88. Then it clears out nicely for the weekend, sunny and 91 on Saturday.

Seven days left. USD 458 students in PK-5, 6th grade, and 9th grade start school on Thursday, August 13, with 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, and 12th graders following the next day, Friday, August 14.

If registration, the Transportation Form, or proof of residency paperwork is still sitting on your to do list, this is the week to knock it out. And remember, the new statewide cell phone policy we covered earlier this week takes effect the moment the first bell rings, so it is worth a family conversation before day one.

📅 First day, PK-5, 6, 9: Thursday, August 13

📅 First day, 7-8, 10-12: Friday, August 14

🔗 Register: usd458.org

Here is one even longtime residents may not know. According to the Basehor Historical Museum, the town has been home to three different hotels over the past century or so, all on what used to be Basehor's Main Street, now known as 155th Street near the current Fairmount Township Fire Station.

First came the Hotel Mayfield in 1910, then the Basehor Hotel in 1920, and finally the Commercial 40 Hotel in 1940. That old business district also saw its share of fires over the years, which is part of why so little of it remains visible today.

🏨 Hotels: Hotel Mayfield (1910), Basehor Hotel (1920), Commercial 40 Hotel (1940)

📍 Location: Old Main Street, now 155th Street

⭐ Source: Basehor Historical Museum

Later this month marks the anniversary of one of the more unusual moments in Basehor's history. On August 17, 1901, a German Methodist church, originally built in 1877 as Zion's Kirche, ten years before Basehor's founding, was physically moved into town using nothing more than a single team of horses and a turnstile.

The church had originally served a German speaking congregation under a circuit riding minister, Rev. Berg, who preached without salary and performed more weddings than probably any other minister in Leavenworth County at the time. The building was later remodeled and redecorated over the decades, most recently in the winter of 1975 and 1976.

📅 Church moved to Basehor: August 17, 1901

⛪ Original name: Zion's Kirche, built 1877

⭐ Source: Tonganoxie Mirror, Remember When column

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