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In the previous edition of “The Way West,” we visited dramatic days of framing of the Wyandotte Constitution, the document that serves today as the Constitution of the State of Kansas. During the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention, the official borders for the intended state needed to be identified.
Read moreConcerns about Carneiro Township Dear Editor, I was invited to attend the Carneiro Township budget meeting this evening. It was a revelation.
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Read moreCarneiro Cemetery needs deeds Dear Editor, I have found out that no deeds were created, never, none, zero, at Carneiro Cemetery.
Read moreTent camping in July in Kansas usually isn’t on my list of ways to spend a weekend, yet, I recently found myself slowly sinking into an air mattress with a clear view of the stars through a thin mesh canopy, which served as my only protection from the elements. Somehow, this ill-advised excursion actually worked out with an overnight low in the mid-60s.
Read moreThe political winds in Kansas Territory in 1859 were finally turning in favor of potential statehood. An effective constitution was critical for acceptance of statehood by the United States Congress. The fourth attempt to draft that critical document was chronicled by Col. John A. Martin in an address to a 23-year reunion of convention participants at Wyandotte, Kan., July 29, 1882. Martin’s address was published in the July 30, 1882, edition of the Atchison Champion.
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