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Major General Frederick Funston Home, Museum & Statue

Address: 18 S.Washington Avenue
Iola, KS 66749
Telephone Number: 620.365.3051

Website: allencountyhistory.org
Email Address: allencountyhistoricalsociety@gmail.com

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Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, Dwight Eisenhower and John Pershing all served under Major General Frederick Funston, and if he hadn't died in his early 50s, he may have been the leading General or possibly President of the United States of America.
 
See his Iola boyhood home, the life size statue of Funston, and a museum displaying Funston's achievements.  Hear the stories of Funston as told from his family's diary.
 
 
Open: Allen County Historical Museum winter opening:
 
October-April Tuesday-Saturday 2-4 p.m.

contact info
Donna Houser
205 E. Madison Ave
Iola, KS 66749
Phone: 620.228.0439
 
 
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