Big Red Apple (Wathena, Kansas)

Item

Identifier: MS 014- series MS 014-2- Container MS 014-2-02- item 990

Staff Only

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copies of Materials

Dates

1857-1974

Extent

From the Collection: 10 Cubic Feet

Additional Description

General

Front: Patented Property of Hunt Bros., St. Joseph, Mo., who have over 600 acres of apple orchard near the location of this apple. Every convenience for traveling public, camping grounds, gasoline service, rest rooms, refreshments, courteous attendants, novel roof garden and dance floor adjoining. THE BIG RED APPLE on U.S. Highway 36, Largest Apple Ever Grown, 30 feet high, Over 100 feet in circumference, Eight miles west of St. Joseph, Mo., near Wathena, Kan.