Wilson Explorations
Learn more about Wilson by following the links below:
I-70 Lighted CrossAddress:
9th Road and Avenue C
Email Address: jkraus@wtciweb.com About this Exploration: Between the I-70 exits of Vesper (216) and Sylvan Grove (209), on the south side of the highway, interstate travelers have seen a guiding light every night since 1976. The late Gerald Klema, designer of the cross, with help from folks around Wilson, built and erected this 60-foot steel cross containing 44 light bulbs. Amazingly, this structure looks like a cross from any direction you view it. The cross-bars are pipes welded in the shape of a horizontal octagon with a row of lights around it. Mr. Klema originally used a vertical broom stick and suspended a horizontal bushel basket ring to it. He then added Christmas lights to see if his idea would work. It did! The Lighted Cross stands near Excelsior Lutheran Church. |
Jeanne Heki
115 22nd Street
Wilson, KS 67490 Phone: 785.658.2225 Fax: 785.658.2225 Joyce Kraus
310 32nd Street
Wilson, KS 67490 Phone: 785.658.2328 |