GREENWOOD COUNTY — Vandals deface an historic local landmark and are made to clean it. From the Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page:

About Teter Rock from KSTravel.org:

Teterville, Kansas was a small community which formed near the Teter Oil Fields in southeast Kansas in the 1920s. The community was named for James Teter who owned the land were the oil and homes were located.

Teter Rock was a pile of local rocks which James Teter erected at a high point on his land as a guidepost for homesteaders searching for the Cottonwood River. As Teterville grew, the rocks were used in the construction of several of the buildings and the Teter marker disappeared.

The Teterville community faded away as the Teter Oil Fields played out. Today a few foundations are the only part of Teterville which remains, but Teter Rock was reconstructed in 1954. A 16′ slab of rocks was erected in honor of Mr. Teter.