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Mary Jane Cantrell was born in December of 1848 in Jackson County Mo. Her brother Hiram was born in 1850. Their mother Thirza (Land) Cantrell later died, the date being undocumented. Their father, Jacob Cantrell remarried on Aug. 8, 1852, to Rebecca Stacey.

Dear Editor: The City has taken on a new project that may be of interest to the citizens of Ellsworth and the general public. I’d like to share information about the project and how their help can help it come to fruition.

Change. It’s only a little six-letter word, but seems so much bigger. Change. The thought of change can keep you awake at night, give you nightmares, make you sick to your stomach and even invoke tears. Or all of the above and even more. As we get older, change of any kind gets harder as well.

Gen. Sheridan’s Winter Campaign against the Plains Indians during the winter of 1868-69 was hailed as a grand success, but taking all those soldiers on campaign had a devastating effect on Hays City businesses.

Return for a moment to those halcyon political years when Republicans actually had a philosophy and when Kansas actually had a U.S. Senator who was concerned about — and worked for — Kansas people. It was a time when a Republican U.S.

In May of 1868 the Kansas Pacific Railway had yet to reach the border with Colorado. The frontier towns of Ellsworth and Hays City drew rough crowds of men and women with little regard for law and order.

National Poppy Day is May 28 “In Flander’s Field Poppies Grow” May 28 is National Poppy Day. Many people do not know why The American Legion Auxillary hands out poppies. It traces back to 1918 in memory of the lives lost in World War I.

The legislature returned on May 3 for our final week. While the week was long and intense, we were able to handle several issues and wrap up the session in a relatively short amount of time. The appropriations committee met at the end of April to review the updated revenue and budget profiles.

Following the November, 1864, Sand Creek massacre, the Cheyenne-Arapaho survivors fled north to Cherry Creek (presentday St. Francis, Kan.) after taking a brief rest on the Smoky Hill River. On Cherry Creek they joined the Sioux and other bands from their own tribes in a large winter camp.

On a fine Friday morning, May 6, 1892, John Timm stepped behind W. R. Warren and shot him in the back as Warren was preparing to enter the Sumner County Courthouse at Wellington, Kan.