It’s Photo Friday. Today’s photo is a rare view of a tornado over Alta Vista, Kansas, dated May 13, 1905. This view is unusual in that it resembles a stereoview card, however […]
Photo Friday, July 23, 2021: Cyclone at Alta Vista 1905
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Photo Friday, July 16, 2021: Eskridge State Bank, Eskridge, Kansas
It’s Photo Friday! Here’s a great photo taken in the early 1950s of the north end of the 100 block of South Main Street in Eskridge, Kansas. In the center of this […]
BOOK REVIEW: “Life Lessons from My Father” Provides Guideposts for Life
by Greg Hoots Recently, a good friend of mine whom I’ve never met sent me a book from their home on the East Coast. It was a brief eighty-two pages in length […]
Photo Friday, July 1, 2021: 4th of July Parade, Alma, Kansas, 1894
It’s Photo Friday. I have a great photo for you today. It’s a view of a 4th of July parade proceeding north on Missouri Street in Alma, Kansas in 1894. There’s a […]
Photo Friday, June 25, 2021: Wolf Hunter at Dover, Kansas, Zercher Real Photo Postcard
Hi, Everyone, It’s Photo Friday! Here’s an interesting real photo postcard produced by M. L. Zercher Book & Stationery Co. of Topeka. The postcard was printed by Zercher in about 1910, and […]
Photo Friday, June 18, 2021: Party at Liederkranz Park, Alma, Kansas, circa 1890s
Hi, Everyone, It’s Photo Friday! Here’s a great photo for you today, it’s a view of a group of men drinking and playing cards at Liederkranz Park, located on the southwest […]
Photo Friday, June 11, 2021: Shirley Richard Gardenhire
-by Greg Hoots- Hi, Everyone, It’s Photo Friday! I have a really good photo for you today. It’s a view from late 1907 of the Alma, Kansas high school football team, posed […]
Michael Alley: A Quest for Freedom
-by Greg Hoots- I would like to gratefully acknowledge the contributions and assistance of Brenda Norris in researching this article. Until I became acquainted with Brenda, I had never heard the life […]
Photo Friday, January 29, 2021: Cattle on the Waugh Ranch, Eskridge, Kansas
-by Greg Hoots- Today’s Photo Friday view was taken in a pasture near Eskridge, Kansas in the early 20th century. A large herd of “Texas cattle” are seen on an expansive pasture, […]
A 2020 Kansas Butterfly Garden
-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 […]
