Garden of Eden (Lucas, Kansas)

Item — Box: MS 014-2-01, Object: MS 014-2-01-0361

Identifier: MS 014- Series MS 014-2- Item MS 014-2-01-0361

Scope and Contents

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copies of Materials

Dates

Creation: 1857-1974

Creator

From the Collection: Johnson, Timothy (Person)

Full Extent

From the Collection: 10 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Additional Description

General

Front: Garden of Eden

Back: Garden of Eden Lucas, Kansas. Mr. Dinsmoor built a “Garden of Eden”, containing among other things, trees, sidewalks, fences, flower beds, fish pool, bird and animal cages, U.S. flags, a “Goddess of Liberty”, soldier, Indian, animals, birds, a monument showing the crucifixion of Labor, angels, the devil, Adam and Eve, the serpent, Cain and Abel, and a visitors dining hall. All these things are constructed of cement, and by 1927, he had used over 113 tons of about 2,273 sacks of cement.