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During the month of October, there is a sense of excitement in Ellsworth County. The Smoky Hills Community Foundation is launching our annual Match Month campaign, giving residents an opportunity to make a significant impact on our community. Thanks to our generous partners, the Dane G. Hansen Foundation and the Patterson Family Foundation, every dollar donated during October will be matched, turning it into $4 for Ellsworth County. A $100 donation will become $400, directly empowering local initiatives and projects.
Read moreIn far southeastern Kansas, the discovery of lead created the boom town of Bonanza almost overnight. Another vein of lead ore was discovered in March 1877 near Galena. Within 30 days, witnesses estimated 10,000 people poured into the area.
Read moreOur fall calving season has just wrapped up with another successful year that has now brought views of lively baby calves dotting our pasture.
Read moreGen. Winfield Scott Hancock believed that when the Plains tribes realized the might and power of the United States Army, all resistance would fade away.
Read moreAs the leaves change and the school year settles in, there are countless good things happening in our schools and communities.
Read moreCattleman Henry Sitler watched as the survey stakes inched ever closer to his sod ranch house on a stretch of land along the Santa Fe Trail just outside the Fort Dodge military reservation. Recognizing the commercial opportunity of such a location, George Hoover and John McDonald set up a tent saloon near the Sitler ranch house on June 17, 1872.
Read moreOn the Kansas plains, the year of 1867 began with Gen. Winfield Hancock’s military campaign against the tribes that had called the western plains home for generations. Hancock claimed he wanted to bring peace to the plains, but his show of force only brought the prospect of annihilation to the people of the plains. The Cheyenne, supported by the Arapaho and Sioux, fought back to bring a bloody summer of war to the plains.
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