Category: Kansas
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
