Opinions

As I prepared to depart from the Spiritual Life Center inside the Ellsworth Correctional Facility Dec. 8, I witnessed the most beautiful exchange.A woman enveloped one of the residents in a bear hug. This woman held to tightly to him and I could hear her say, “I’m so proud of you.

The cattle trading firm of Hunter & Evans was one of the most influential companies in operation during the cattle boom of the late 1870s into the ’80s. Robert, William and David Hunter, partnered with Albert Evans, managed livestock commission houses in Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago.

As November came to a close, my son began his Christmas preparations in earnest.He began to make his list and check it twice. But it didn’t stop there. He wanted to be sure I had my Christmas list in order, too.

“Head ‘em up and move ’em out” was made famous by the trail-driving series “Rawhide.” Those drovers seemed to be perpetually on the trail.

Editor/ PublisherNote to self: Do not wear red to a home basketball game.While my intentions in donning my Bearcats shirt Friday night were pure, I forgot about my favorite vantage point for photographing high school home hoops — the upper deck.

During the summer of 1878, Reginald Aldridge and his partner freeranged their cattle on the open prairie. Aldridge recorded his cowboy experiences in “Ranch Notes in Kansas, Colorado, the Indian Territory and Northern Texas,” published in 1884.

We should deal in facts, not fiction “Blame me!” pleads Ms. Mary Schmidt in her attention-seeking online post, “Blame me!” With pleasure.Ms. Schmidt seeks credit for the recent resignation of a highly-trained, competent and effective city employee — not an accomplishment worthy of praise.

William Sternberg was one of 10 children born to Levi and Margaret Sternberg. The family established themselves at an early date near Fort Ellsworth in Ellsworth County.Will’s older brother, George, was the surgeon at the frontier military post.

My husband’s family experienced a death in the family this fall. Needless to say, Thanksgiving is going to look a little different this year without my husband’s only sibling in attendance.In fact, Bryan didn’t simply attend.

William Sternberg came to Kansas with his brother Theodore in 1866. Their older brother, George, was the post surgeon at Fort Ellsworth and later, the upgraded post of Fort Harker. George’s descriptions of the country around Fort Ellsworth inspired his father, the Rev. Dr.