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The caption at the bottom of the picture reads "The Last Of The Haunk - Taunt, Sedan, Kansas". As related to me by my father, the structure as actually a band stand. It set in the middle of the intersection in the street between the old hotel and what used be "Fish's Drug Store. Street dances were held in the intersection and the musicians would set in the band stand. I think this was usually on Saturday nights which was the day (or night) that most of the rural folks would come to town to buy groceries and socialize. I don't know how long the old building was there but the picture includes my Grandfather, Enoch McAfee, (shown tilting a little bit of liquid refreshment) and his team of horses. He was in the process of moving the building from the Main Street location up to the Chautauqua County Fair Grounds (located in the northwest corner of Sedan), where the old "haunk-a-taunt" set for a number of years until it was finally torn down. I think it might have even caught on fire once. I'm not sure just when it was finally torn down but I can dimly remember seeing it there while it was still standing (and I'm 75 years old). Enoch McAfee was born 1 January 1867, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, died 6 November 1930, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sedan, Kansas. Kent McAfee
