Muscotah, Kan., man Jeff Hanson is hoping to turn an old water storage tank into a baseball museum honoring former Muscotah resident Joe Tinker, who played for the Chicago Cubs between 1902 and 1916.

photo by: Shaun Hittle

Muscotah, Kan., resident Jeff Hanson talks about how a construction crew removed a storage tank from the water tower. Hanson plans to turn the old water tank into a baseball museum.

photo by: Shaun Hittle

Numerous signs around the town of Muscotah, Kan. — population less than 180 — honor perhaps the town's most famous former resident, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Joe Tinker. Tinker played for the Chicago Cubs between 1902 and 1916.

photo by: Shaun Hittle

At the edge of town in Muscotah, Kan., sits Joe Tinker Field, which honors the former resident and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.

photo by: Shaun Hittle

Muscotah, Kan., man Jeff Hanson is working to make the town's old water tower into a baseball museum honoring Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Tinker, who was born in the town in 1880. Hanson, 69, is also hoping a museum would bring much needed business to Muscotah.