Newton utilizes PocketSights to create a walking tour in our Historic Downtown District. Learn about the rich history in our community and see pictures of our downtown through many different decades.
Historic Downtown Newton Tour
Take a tour of our Historic Downtown. Learn how we got the nickname "Wickedest in the West", the downtown business boom, the history of many different businesses and beautiful architecture, Newton's part of helping to make Kansas the breadbasket of the nation by introducing Turkey Red winter wheat, and much more!
Tour of Historic Downtown Newton
Notorious Newton Tour
Learn about Newton's Massacre and how we got the reputation as Bloody Newton and the nickname "Wickedest in the West". Even though Newton was the latest rail head for the AT&SF, law enforcement was completely absent in 1871 and into early 1872. Cowboys, saloon owners, and drifters of all types found their way to Newton in the summer of 1871 and led to Newton being described as "hell upon Earth, with all it's horrors". This area was the setting for the most violent incidents in early Newton. Now Newton is quiet and respectable, the places on this tour once were part of Notorious Newton.
Tour of Notorious Newton
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