Historical Marker
Dr. James Naismith
Historical marker location:
1517 East 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas
( Marker is at the intersection of 15th Street and Elmwood Street, on the right when traveling east on 15th Street.)
The first successful airplane flight west of the Mississippi River took place in Kansas in 1910, when Clyde Cessna flew his plane for the first time in Wichita.