Lunch 11 AM August 26, South 40 Cafe, Westmoreland, Ks.
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 10:29 am
It looks like next Wednesday could be a perfect day to ride, plus I think it will also be a great day to be a ROMEO, so I thought we should take advantage of great riding weather, Highway 99 curves and scenery and head out to the South 40. It's been quite awhile since we've been there, the food is always good, and everyone likes to meet there, so why not just go! They serve breakfast and you can also order off of the lunch menu prior to 11, but the lunch specials won't be available until around 11 or just a little before. The lunch specials happen to be on Wednesday a smothered pork chop or spaghetti and meatballs.
So why not take advantage of the weather and stretch it out a bit and meet us at the South 40 Cafe between 10:30 and 11 on the 26th. If you've not been there, it's easy to find right on Hwy 99 as you go through Westmoreland.
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South 40 Cafe
401 Highway 99
Westmoreland, Kansas
785-457-3307
Thanks to Gary, here is the link to all scheduled Romeo Rides:
http://mapq.st/1FGty7L
And for those of you who want to know:
Westmoreland & Pottawatomie County History
How Westmoreland was Named
Established in 1858 when a post office was instituted with John McKimens as postmaster. Mr. McKimens named the post office after Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, where he originated.
Pottawatomie County History
Organized in 1856. Named for the Pottawatomie Indians, whose reservation at the opening of the Kansas Territory for settlement, and for years afterward, embraced a large portion of the geographical area of the County.
Territorial Kansas History
The period from 1854 to 1861 was an important time in Kansas' past. Visit Territorial Kansas for information.
Westmoreland, the county seat of Pottawatomie county, is located in the central part of the county on the Kansas Southern & Gulf R. R., which connects with the Union Pacific at Blaine, 8 miles north. It has 1 national and 2 state banks, an opera house, 2 newspapers and all the general lines of business activity.
There are daily stage lines to Louisville and Wamego on the south line of the county.
The population in 1910 was 500.
The town was platted in 1871 by Volney Baker. Subsequent additions have been made by J. Rachel Artier and A. C. Cochrun.
It was made the county seat by a vote of the people in 1879, but not removed until 1882.
Being a comparatively new town Westmoreland is one of the smallest county seat towns in the eastern part of the state.
Page 902 from volume II of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago: 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed July 2002 by Carolyn Ward.
So why not take advantage of the weather and stretch it out a bit and meet us at the South 40 Cafe between 10:30 and 11 on the 26th. If you've not been there, it's easy to find right on Hwy 99 as you go through Westmoreland.
[attachment=0]DSCN3383.jpg[/attachment]
South 40 Cafe
401 Highway 99
Westmoreland, Kansas
785-457-3307
Thanks to Gary, here is the link to all scheduled Romeo Rides:
http://mapq.st/1FGty7L
And for those of you who want to know:
Westmoreland & Pottawatomie County History
How Westmoreland was Named
Established in 1858 when a post office was instituted with John McKimens as postmaster. Mr. McKimens named the post office after Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, where he originated.
Pottawatomie County History
Organized in 1856. Named for the Pottawatomie Indians, whose reservation at the opening of the Kansas Territory for settlement, and for years afterward, embraced a large portion of the geographical area of the County.
Territorial Kansas History
The period from 1854 to 1861 was an important time in Kansas' past. Visit Territorial Kansas for information.
Westmoreland, the county seat of Pottawatomie county, is located in the central part of the county on the Kansas Southern & Gulf R. R., which connects with the Union Pacific at Blaine, 8 miles north. It has 1 national and 2 state banks, an opera house, 2 newspapers and all the general lines of business activity.
There are daily stage lines to Louisville and Wamego on the south line of the county.
The population in 1910 was 500.
The town was platted in 1871 by Volney Baker. Subsequent additions have been made by J. Rachel Artier and A. C. Cochrun.
It was made the county seat by a vote of the people in 1879, but not removed until 1882.
Being a comparatively new town Westmoreland is one of the smallest county seat towns in the eastern part of the state.
Page 902 from volume II of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago: 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed July 2002 by Carolyn Ward.
