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Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Bridges stepped into the darkened Ellsworth barroom in search of four desperate horse thieves. Suddenly, he found himself face-toface with Jack Ledford and his gang. Supposing that their time had come, the desperadoes sprang on Bridges all at once.
Read moreThe royal blue field of the Connecticut state flag flies curiously over a Kansas state historical marker at the west edge of Elk Falls, Kan., along Highway 160. The blue field is emblazoned with a white baroque shield, overlaid with three grapevines. Below the shield a banner displays the motto “He Who Transplanted Sustains.”
Read moreUSD 327 should address Wilson School land transfer
Read moreAs 2023 keeps moving at what seems like a record pace, I continue to be proud of the work I am seeing by our teachers, staff and students.
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Read morePlease join the historical society Dear reader, Imagine Ellsworth without the Hodgden House or the livery stable, or Kanopolis without the fort, or Holyrood without their depot. Notice Wilson’s efforts to rescue the walls of their Opera House. Those landmarks are important to each community.
Read moreSix more weeks of winter for 2023. At least that’s the prediction based on a rodent in Pennsylvania.
Read moreWhen George Washington (G.W.) Brown and George W. Deitzler set out the morning of Feb. 14, 1857, for the valley of the Upper Neosho River, many of the best townsites in the developing Territory of Kansas had already been selected. However, being a newspaperman, he had heard favorable reports for that portion of Kansas. Brown was editor of the Kansas Herald of Freedom, published in Lawrence.
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