Winfield, Kansas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====State mental hospital==== In 1881, the State of Kansas established the Kansas State Asylum for Idiotic and Imbecile Youth, temporarily established at Lawrence, but moved to Winfield in 1887/1888, where it served as a dominant local employer for 117 years.<ref name="disability">[http://www.ksde.org/Portals/0/SES/pubs/DisabilityAwarenessGuide.pdf ''Disability History and Awareness: A Resource Guide,''], 2009, Kansas State Department of Education, State of [[Kansas]]</ref><ref name="council_calls">Ranney, Dave, [http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/jun/29/council_calls_closing_state_hospital/ "Council calls for closing state hospital: Kansas no longer needs two state hospitals for the developmentally disabled,"] June 29, 2006, ''Lawrence Journal-World,'' retrieved April 6, 2017</ref><ref name="wsh_ctnewsonline"> [http://www.ctnewsonline.com/news/article_cd88c1ec-4faa-11e6-9eb1-ff24a7ab4833.html ""WSH reunion Saturday,"] July 21, 2016, Winfield / Arkansas City ''Courier-Traveler''</ref> {{wide image|Winfield kansas 1910 b.jpg|1000px|alt=Winfield panorama (1910)|Winfield panorama (1910)}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page