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2025 Mini Wheat State Tour: Atchison

In November 2025, the Hall Center took faculty and staff to Atchison, where they visited Independence Creek; the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum; Paolucci's Restaurant; Wangarĩ Maathai Memorial Statue; St. Benedict's Abbey; and the Santa Fe Depot & Historical Society.
Rachel Schwaller and Giselle Anatol at Independence Creek
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Rachel Schwaller and Giselle Anatol at Independence Creek

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The group listens to a presentation at the Wangarĩ Maathai statue
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The group listens to a presentation at the Wangarĩ Maathai statue

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Tour participants view the trains at the Santa Fe Depot
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Tour participants view the trains at the Santa Fe Depot

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Tour participants walk among the fall leaves at the Independence Creek bridge
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Tour participants walk among the fall leaves at the Independence Creek bridge

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Brother Joe demonstrates the pipe organ in St. Benedict's Abbey
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Brother Joe demonstrates the pipe organ in St. Benedict's Abbey

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Fresco at St. Benedict's Abbey
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Fresco at St. Benedict's Abbey

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