History of Solomon Valley Heritage Association (SVHA)
...including archival information related to the organization and Solomon Valley, located in north central Kansas.
...including archival information related to the organization and Solomon Valley, located in north central Kansas.
This section and pages are currently under realignment within the site. Thank you for your patience as we continue to rebrand as the Highway 24 Alliance ...that we might better support and promote those Kansas communities located along the US Highway 24 corridor ranging from Colby, in northwest Kansas, to Clay Center, in north central Kansas.
Today's Highway 24 Alliance was originally founded as the Solomon Valley Heritage Alliance (SVHA) in (date / year here) by (founder names go here) so has to promote the history of the Solomon Valley River Basin and it's communities along US Highway 24 ranging from Hoxie located on the west and Glasco, on the east.
SVHA recognized three common threads that weaved the Solomon Valley communities together, including:
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The Solomon River...
along which the first settlers in this area made their homes. |
Highway 24...
which provides the vital transportation link between our communities. |
An Agricultural Heritage...
from which all of these communities have sprung |
SVHA, as will the Highway 24 Alliance, also recognized and leveraged Eight Cultural Elements as defined by The Kansas Sampler Foundation, in helping communities identify what they have and who they are, including:
Geography ~ History ~ People ~ Commerce ~ Agriculture ~ Customs ~ Art ~ Cuisine
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*Much of the information provided on these site pages or PDFs cannot be easily found elsewhere.
*Much of the information provided on these site pages or PDFs cannot be easily found elsewhere.
- View List of SVHA Accomplishments from 2002-2019 (Site page)
- A Brief History of the Solomon Valley (Site page) ...an excerpt from: Weaving the Common Threads of the Solomon Valley Fabric -- a project of the Solomon Valley / Highway 24 Heritage Alliance, in association with the Kansas Humanities Council through a Heritage Program Grant.
- Community Histories (Site page) Though many of the larger towns nestled along U.S. Highway 24 and the Solomon River Valley have their own websites, many of the smaller communities cannot afford that luxury. Consequently, information for many of those towns who do not have sites, are provided here -- that they might be equally represented and discovered.
- Historical Accounts (Site page) Reflections & Other Valley History -- A series featuring information, on a variety of topics, about the six counties in the SV24 Alliance.
- Robert McBratney (Site page) Historical Account ... Exploring The Solomon River Valley In 1869 ~ Diary excerpts of the expedition
- Living Off the Water: The Challenge to Tame and Sustain Life in the Solomon Valley ~ 7 shared human experience stories related to water along the Solomon River from Hoxie to Glasco, Kansas.
SVHA News - Archives (PDFs ~ Select Below)
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