City of Decatur Photos and Images |
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 Decatur Business Directory 1894 |
 Decatur Depot year unknown |
 Decatur House ca. 1898 |
 Threshing Crew year unknown |
 Tornado south of Decatur 1902 |
 Decatur Fire July 6, 1907 |
 Decatur Fire July 6, 1907 |
 Decatur Street Scene 1909 |
 Fourth Street 1910 |
 Birds Eye View 1910 |
 Northwest Corner of north side of square |
 North Side of Square year unknown |
 North Side of Square year unknown |
 North Side of Square year unknown |
 Decatur year unknown |
 Decatur year unknown |
 Lake's Cream Station circa 1914 |
 Lake's Cream Station west side of street |
 Decatur 1910 |
 Opera House 1910 |
 Residential Decatur circa 1910 |
 City Park 1912 |
 Old School House year unknown |
 Ladies Aid 1932 |
 Decatur Band 1938 - 1939 |
 Jonathan Creek year unknown |
 Elk Creek 2009 |
 E.W. Townsend Residence year unknown |
 Emma & Samuel Little with Pauline Nelson, 1898 |
 Rachel & James W. Woodmansee year unknown |
 Pearl Millsap ca. 1907 |
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 Decatur Fun Day 2016 |
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| In the late 1930's Arthur Valentine (1891 - 1954) founded the
Valentine Lunch System, low-cost start-up diners with headquarters in
Wichita, Kansas. Dinky Diner was originally a pre-fabricated Valentine
diner, built in 1947 (1967 by another account) and located in Ellsworth,
Kansas, and known there as the Elkhorn Diner. Elkhorn Diner closed and
reopened as the Fabulous 50's Diner around the year 2000. It was
purchased by Vickie Reed and moved to Decatur in April of 2005. It
opened for business that year on August 5th. GOP Presidential hopeful
Mike Huckabee hosted a "Main Street American Family Breakfast" at the
Dinky Diner at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 25, 2015. Dinky Diner's tag
line is, "Seats 300, 35 at a time." Valentine information from kshs.org/kansaspedia |
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