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Getting Your Name Out In Public

Businesses may use a variety of ways to get their name out to the public.  In the first half of the 20th century, one sport…

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Offering a Blank Check for a Cabin

It’s a place so important, the owners were once offered a blank check if they would sell.  It’s a story you can hear on radio…

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President Roosevelt’s Favorite Song – Why it Matters!

It’s one of the best known songs of that past century.  In fact, one president said it was his favorite.  But then a lawsuit stopped…

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My Western Home – A Poem You Know!

You may not fancy yourself a poet, and you may have forgotten a poem called My Western Home.  But in a moment you’ll find that…

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The Most Dangerous Route the Mail Ever Took

It’s said to be the most dangerous route a postman ever took.  In fact, the route was eventually removed from the earth in order to…

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Peace Treaty Pageant

A three-day event dedicated to an old peace treaty may sound a bit odd.  However, this town’s event draws thousands and can be traced back…

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The Foiled Medicine Lodge Bank Robbery

About as long as there have been banks, there have been bank robberies.  The one that took place in Medicine Lodge, KS over a century…

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Carry Nation’s Hatchet Job

This lady was known to back up her words with her hatchet.  And that hatchet is still well known over a century later.  In fact,…

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Carry Nation’s Crusade

If you attended David Nation’s church in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, many would say the real sermon began when David’s wife began the after-sermon lecture…

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Medicine Lodge History

In south central Kansas you’ll find a place long important to Native Americans – a place where they and later white settlers would meet to…

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