The Walz family donates a Kiowa KS Main St Building to the Kiowa Museum

The Kiowa KS Historical Society meeting where the Walz family donates a Kiowa KS Main St Building, to the Kiowa Museum

The new Kiowa Historical Museum Annex

Positioned along the border between Kansas and Oklahoma, the City of Kiowa is a town with 796 residents.

Note: Not Kiowa County KS, but the City of Kiowa, in Barber county KS.

Wheat farming and cattle has been a significant industry in Kiowa for many years. Each year during the wheat harvest, officials from across Kansas look to Kiowa as a key indicator of the state's harvest performance. In addition to agriculture, Kiowa also produces goods and services that are distributed worldwide, from RSI Corp and The Rope Man.

Several years back, the community of Kiowa identified the need to upgrade the local hospital, leading to the completion of the new Kiowa District Hospital in 2013. This 27,600 sq. ft. facility offers services such as an emergency room, labs, therapy, and surgery to cater to the medical needs of Kiowa and the surrounding region. The hospital also oversees the Kiowa Hospital District Manor, an updated rest home facility.

Kiowa boasts of excellent schools under South Barber USD 255, an effective governing body, active civic groups, women’s clubs, and thriving downtown businesses. Just north of Main Street, there is a modern library and the Kiowa Historical Museum has two sites. The Kiowa Community Building is frequently used for events like estate sales, wedding receptions, birthday parties, dances, and community gatherings.

The local nearby cities such as Medicine Lodge, Hardtner, Hazelton, Sharon, and Kiowa. For entertainment, Kiowa has a movie theater showing current films every weekend. The Kiowa City Pool, located in Progress Park, is open throughout the summer.

As you can see, Kiowa may be small in population, but it offers a high quality of life. This is why the residents of Kiowa enjoy living in the Heartland.

Above is the New Kiowa KS museum station, honoring the old Stateline Amateur Radio Club from the 1950 and 60's, the equipment was K0UO's first ham station in the late 1960's

The donation allows the museum to expand beyond its original location to house significant collections that were previously in storage or off-site

Art Murals that depict Kiowa, KS, from Old Kiowa to New Kiowa, the Oklahoma Land Rush and the days of Carry Nation smashing her first saloon in Kiowa, on the side of RSI Building 543 Main St Kiowa, KS

Downtown Main St Kiowa KS

Kiowa Historical Society acquires RSI building!

Thanks to the incredible generosity of Steve, Barbara and Miranda Walz, the Kiowa Historical Society is now the proud owner of the Walz building. Thank you Steve, Barb and Miranda for the donation! We’re keeping the original Museum and expanding into the Walz building which will not only house many items we have not had room to display in the old museum, but all the Kiowa High and South Barber High School memorabilia from the Nazarene Church as well. This is a huge project and we need your support more than ever, not only in the way of donations, but especially in the way of physical help. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Gayla Reed, Cindy Archuleta, Jim & Bobbie Parker, or anyone else in the Kiowa Historical Society. Thank you!

The History of Kiowa KS in Art Murals that depict Kiowa, KS, from Old Kiowa to New Kiowa, the Oklahoma Land Rush and the days of Carry Nation smashing her first saloon in Kiowa, on the side of RSI Building 543 Main St Kiowa, KS

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Cattle Drive Down Main St

The Mural Project: As of 2024–2026, the annex is the site of a mural project on its east wall, funded by a grant from the South Central Community Foundation, depicting key events in local history

The Building in the 1920s at 543 Main St, Kiowa KS with the ROCK, the days of Carry Nation smashing her first saloon in Kiowa.

One of the museum displays on Main St, "the rock" is about the days of Carry Nation smashing her first saloon in Kiowa at that location, the RSI building.

Carrie Nation 1st town was Kiowa KS, smashing her first saloon in Kiowa.

One of the museum displays

One of the museum displays

One of the museum rooms displays

One of the museum rooms displays

One of the museum rooms

One of the museum rooms

The Old Fire Station in Kiowa KS

Kiowa KS 1940s

Kiowa Kansas 1909 Back of picture reads: Farmers Institute and Stock held at Kiowa Kans. Nov 8th 09’. Merchants gave away $265 in prizes. The First State Bank. Early 1900’s.

A big Thank You to everyone who helped make the concert a huge success! From all those working behind the scenes, our sponsors, and to everyone who bought tickets and came to the show. All of the proceeds go to the Kiowa Historical Society to help maintain our two museums! Thank you all again for supporting us!

Kiowa KS Main St in the 1950s

NOW 2026

RSI Corp of Kiowa, KS

100% remote workers and online training and safety programs 24 hours a day 30 years of serving the world, from Kiowa KS in Barber County

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The RSI Corp outdoor testing range site at the 4KS Walz Airport

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RSI Corp. 30 years of EHS projects Nationwide

Please accept the attached brief detailing RSI Corporation’s Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) technical capabilities, specialized electromagnetic field (EMF/RF) safety protocols, and extensive experience supporting Network Operations Centers (NOCs) and hyperscale data centers nationwide.

As Google establishes Project Helium in Barber County, Kansas, RSI Corporation offers a unique combination: national-level expertise in mission-critical EH&S compliance coupled with deep, local operational presence in Barber County.

Our commitment to this location extends far back into its infrastructure development history. Between 2000 and 2017, RSI Corporation CEO Miranda Walz Allen and Steven Walz served on the Barber County Economic Development Board. During that period, our leadership focused on developing the regional power and utility capacity necessary for major technological investments, culminating in two key anchor projects:

• The Flat Ridge Wind Farm: Delivering clean, scalable utility-scale renewable generation.

• The High-Voltage "Y" Transmission Line Infrastructure: Providing high-reliability bulk power transmission capacity.

These exact energy and grid assets created the resilient power foundation that ultimately made Barber County the ideal home for Project Helium.

Having contributed directly to the economic and energy infrastructure that brought Google to Barber County, RSI Corporation is eager to support Google's buildout and ongoing operations. Our EH&S team provides full turnkey support, including:

• Electromagnetic Field (EMF) and Radio Frequency (RF) human exposure evaluations.

• OSHA compliance and workplace safety program development for high-density AI compute nodes and NOC facilities.

• On-site environmental compliance, health hazard assessments, and ongoing safety training.

We welcome the opportunity to discuss how RSI Corporation can serve as your primary local EH&S partner for any project like Project Helium. Thank you for your investment in our community.

Sincerely,

Miranda Walz Allen

Chief Executive Officer, RSI Corporation

Steven Walz

Director RSI Corporation

General Release

 We are pleased to submit the attached brief highlighting RSI Corporation’s specialized Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) capabilities, with specific focus on high-density technology environments, Network Operations Centers (NOCs), and hyperscale AI data centers across the United States.

As Google advances its development of Project Helium in Barber County, RSI Corporation is committed to serving as a trusted, locally rooted partner capable of delivering world-class safety compliance, RF/EMF hazard evaluations, and environmental oversight right here at home.

While RSI Corporation has built a strong national reputation working with critical infrastructure and high-tech facilities across the country, our roots and long-standing commitment remain firmly in Barber County. From 2000 through 2015, both of us had the privilege of serving on the Barber County Economic Development Board. During those seventeen years, our board focused on building the foundational infrastructure required to position Barber County for long-term economic prosperity.

Key milestones from that era include bringing two transformational energy projects to our county:

• The Flat Ridge Wind Farm: Establishing substantial, scalable renewable energy generation.

• The High-Voltage "Y" Power Transmission Line: Securing the high-capacity power transmission grid necessary for major industrial and tech operations.

It is gratifying to see that the very infrastructure developed during those years laid the groundwork that ultimately attracted Google to select Barber County for Project Helium. Having helped build the grid foundation that made this site possible, RSI Corporation is uniquely positioned to help protect the workforce, community, and environment as Project Helium becomes operational.

We request the opportunity to present our EH&S qualifications to the any group or local development authorities to evaluate local service providers and operational frameworks for this landmark project.

Thank you for your ongoing leadership and dedication to the future of Barber County.

Sincerely,

Miranda Walz Allen

Chief Executive Officer, RSI Corporation

Steven Walz

Director RSI Corporation

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