Ravanna has some foundations left marking where it was located, I have the GPS cords to where it is, if I can find them again.
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Ravanna and Eminence were both thriving towns in the 1880's. There was fierce rivalry between the two for the permanent location of the Garfield County seat. During the process, the area was surveyed and found to have less than the 432 square miles required for organization. As a result, the area was annexed to Finney County in 1893 and Ravanna and Eminence eventually died out. Ravanna - Granite marker on K-156. Located 24 mi E. of Garden City on K-156, 7 mi N. on K-23 & 4 mi E. on Lake Rd. The ruins on the north side of the road (on private property) are what remains of the school house.
Eminence - Located E. on K-156, turn north at first turn after mile marker 21, continue 2 mi to a dead end, E. 1/2 mi, N. 1 mi, 1/4 mi E. to stone school house. The school house is now used as a farm shop. It is on private property.
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You can
Mapquest Ravanna. But Mapquest doesn't know Eminence.
It does know Wettick, (
link) between Dodge and Cimarron. Plus
Sayre and
Sears.
But I've seen Mapquest miss cities that are still lived in, so I don't know how much faith I give their locations.
Benchmarking thru Geocaching.com give some ideas to where old ghost towns were. Thou navigating the website for benchmarks takes more work than it should.
And looking for ghost towns is just hit or miss to find a name in the description of where a benchmark should be.
DAryl