Gertrude Vale / Sister Eva Marie Vale

Historical marker location:

171 West 13th Street, Concordia, Kansas

( Marker is at the intersection of West 13th Street and Washington Street, on the right when traveling east on West 13th Street.)

December 21, 1900 - December 3, 1982. Orphan Train Rider to Hays, Kansas in 1901.

The famous novel "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote is based on a true story that took place in Holcomb, Kansas in 1959.