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Fall harvest is in full swing on our central Kansas farm.
Read moreGeorge Brown was the 10th man to accept the position of city marshal in the booming cattle town of Caldwell, Kan. The town was founded on the Chisholm Trail just above the border with Indian Territory in 1871. Texas cowboys roamed the streets at will and violence was never far away. Marshal Brown had been on the job a few months when some of Big Jim Ellison’s trail hands hit town the morning of June 22, 1882, to blow off steam.
Read moreMayor Peschka worked to move Wilson forward
Read moreOne of my favorite characters of old west Kansas was a gambler by the name of Bobby Gill. His name has come up in several stories, but never as the main attraction, which made the newspaper article on the front page of the Oct. 9, 1888, Wichita Star stand out as I was perusing pages while researching another story for The Way West.
Read moreAs first quarter is well underway, this is a time when relationships between students, teachers and staff are really taking shape. From the playground to the classroom to the ball field, it’s rewarding to see new friendships and trusting bonds develop between students, teachers, bus drivers and so many others. Once the school year begins, it doesn’t take long for new opportunities to begin popping up. Some are as simple as a generous donation of water from the local Sonic restaurant during that sweltering week of school in mid-August. We also recently received big news of a grant for our school district’s career and technical education programs. I truly can’t wait to see how many ways our high school students will grow in the months and years to come, thanks to a $101,900 grant from the Patterson Family Foundation.
Read moreRecent events remind us of the importance of a local paper
Read moreIt seemed that James A. Gordon’s luck had run out. Sitting in a jail at Leavenworth, Kan., Gordon was waiting for a hearing before Judge John Pettit for the murder of John Gantz nearly two months before, on July 18, 1860, in Denver City, Kansas Territory.
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