Something Old Is New: the Hitching Post

Something new can be seen around Newton.

In front of Breadbasket, Newton, Ks

In front of Et Cetera Shop, 629 Main, Newton.

While today it is a place to ‘hitch’ your bike, the idea is old.

Businesses along Main would have a place to hitch your horse while you shopped or did business.

500 Block, Main, Newton. 1885.

Parade, ca. 1900. Newton?

Walton, Ks 1907.

Early street scene, possibly Sedgwick, Ks.

Commercial Street, Sedgwick, ca. 1900.

Residential areas also made use of hitching posts and some can still be seen.  In some cases, all we have is a photo with no location identified.  Some may have  been taken down since the photo was taken.  If you happen to recognize one, let us know at HCHM so we can add it to our information with the photo.

Concrete & Stone Hitching Posts

HCHM, 203 Main, Newton.

 

920 N. Main, Newton.

 

Unknown location, Newton.

 

Unknown location, Newton.

 

100 Block E 7th, Newton

 

325 N. Pine, Newton

 

325 N Pine, Newton

 

207 N. Pine, Newton.

 

Sherman & E. Broadway, Newton.

 

224 E. 4th, Newton.
The home of P.M. Claassen Family in the early 1900s.

 

322 E 4th, Newton

 

206 E 10th, Newton. Home of J.B. Dickey, Jr in 1928.

 

801 N. Plum, Newton. Home of Dr. O.W. Roff in the early 1900s.

Wood  Hitching Posts

Unknown location, Newton

 

Metal Tree Trunk Hitching Posts

413 W. Broadway, Newton. 1928 home of the F.M. Overstreet family.

 

425 W. Broadway, Newton.

 

433 W Broadway, Newton.

 

608 E. 4th, Newton.

 

Unknown location, Newton.

 

Unknown location, Newton.

 

Plain Metal Hitching Posts

Unknown location, Newton.

 

Unknown location, Newton.

Unusual Hitching Posts

Unknown location, Newton.