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A Tale of Two Photographers

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Eskridge, Kansas-Park Bandstand

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The Complete History of the Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame Railway

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Davis Ranch Cowboys

The History of the Davis Ranch

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The History of the Alma National Bank

By flinthillsspecial on March 1, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

Daddy’s War

By flinthillsspecial on November 9, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

Law and Order: The Anthony King Murder

By flinthillsspecial on May 3, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

The History of Wabaunsee County Newspapers

By flinthillsspecial on February 25, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Alma Bottling Works

By flinthillsspecial on January 11, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

All Indian Trails Lead to Lawrence Photos

By flinthillsspecial on November 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Wabaunsee County Schools

District 22 - Pavilion School

Pavilion School boys enjoy a game of marbles during recess. This photo, dated 1936 identifies the boys, left to right as Dan Glover, Dale Feyh, Dale Townsend and Bill Ekart.

Moon Bros. Circus Comes To Town

Moon Bros. Circus Poster, 1924, Click on image to view.

Gasoline Gallery

This Sinclair station was located at the northwest corner of K4 Highway and Southwest Douglas Road in Dover, Kansas. Built by Arthur Bowker in 1928, the station was being operated by Marvin Gurtler when this photograph was taken in he 1930s. Photo courtesy Wayne Gurtler.

The Flint Hills Special Has Arrived

By flinthillsspecial on October 18, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Welcome to the Flint Hills Special, your digital history magazine.  Please scroll down the listing of stories or search for specific subjects while exploring Kansas history from the comfort of your home.

A 2020 Kansas Butterfly Garden

By flinthillsspecial on January 6, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

-by Greg Hoots- The year 2020 has been historic by any measure.  There were many firsts and worsts. At our home in Kansas City, Kansas, my wife, Cheryl and I were fortunate […]

Lucille Mulhall and the Mulhall Wild West Show

By flinthillsspecial on December 4, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

-by Greg Hoots- It’s not often that a generic term’s origin which describes a person’s vocation or hobby can be traced to a single individual, but in the case of the moniker, […]

Gandy Dancing on the Rock Island, McFarland, KS

By flinthillsspecial on October 9, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

-by Greg Hoots- McFarland, Kansas was a railroad town, literally.  The town was located, designed, and platted to accommodate the intersection of various lines of the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway, […]

A Cowboy’s Dream

By flinthillsspecial on September 9, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

-by Tom Aniello and Family- I am an aerospace engineer by education, but I always wanted to be a cowboy like my grandfather, Edward H. Brinkman. This is the history of the […]

Photo Friday, August 28, 2020: Ditman Grocery, Alma, Kansas

By flinthillsspecial on August 28, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

It’s Photo Friday!  I have a great photo for you today.  It’s a view by Alma photographer, Gus Meier, of four employees of Ditman Grocery in Alma, standing in front of the […]

Photo Friday, August 14, 2020: Real Photo Postcard, Paxico, Kansas, 1905, “Born in Africa”

By flinthillsspecial on August 14, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

It’s Photo Friday!  I have a great photograph for you today.  It’s a real photo postcard which I added to my collection last week, taken in Paxico, Kansas, circa 1905.  It’s an […]

The Life and Times of Hickory Jones

By flinthillsspecial on August 3, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

-by Greg Hoots- Elmer Jones was born on January 17, 1878 in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  His path to the American West is undocumented, but by 1895, the seventeen-year-old youth had arrived in […]

The Early Career of Photographer, Dave Mathias, 1955-1965

By flinthillsspecial on July 16, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

-by Greg Hoots- David “Dave” Mathias was born on May 6, 1937 in Reading, Pennsylvania, the son of David and Margaret Mathias.  When Dave was five-years-old, his parents divorced, and for seven years he attended a series of elementary schools, as his mother moved several times during and immediately after World War II. In 1949 […]

Photo Friday, July 10, 2020: Banner Photo, Mid-Kansas Milling, 1904

By flinthillsspecial on July 10, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

-by Greg Hoots- Times have changed. Numerous times, in my role as a photo historian, I’ve heard people say, “we don’t have any old photos, my folks never owned a camera.”  Other […]

Photo Friday, July 3, 2020: Eskridge City Park Bandstand, 1915

By flinthillsspecial on July 3, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

It’s Photo Friday!  I have an interesting photo for you today. Last week I acquired this real photo postcard produced by M. L. Zercher of Topeka, showing the bandstand at the City […]

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The Alma Hotel: A Chronology

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A Kansas Butterfly Garden

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Longren Aircraft Lands at Alma

This is one of three photos of Albin Longren's Model AK airplane at Alma, Kansas while he was giving an airshow for a crowd This view, circa 1922, was photographed by Selma Steinmeyer Schultz. Photo Courtesy Keith Schultz.

Explore Flint Hills Caves

View photographer Tom Parish's unique views of Flint Hills caves and cellars.

View photographer Tom Parish's unique views of Flint Hills caves and cellars.

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