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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 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 […]

Steinmeyer Bros. Garage, Alma, Kansas

By flinthillsspecial on June 26, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

-by Greg Hoots- In the 1910s, a wave from the future swept across America.  The automobile arrived in the cities and small towns, alike. Ten years earlier, most people had never seen […]

Phelps Oil Company, West Plains, Mo.

By flinthillsspecial on May 8, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

-by Greg Hoots- I was born at Christa Hogan Hospital in West Plains, Missouri in the middle of the 1950s.  I don’t remember any of the event, although my mother had a […]

Bridging the Kaw

By flinthillsspecial on April 29, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

-by Greg Hoots- The Kansas River demarks the northern edge of Wabaunsee County, creating a meandering dividing line between the county and its neighbor to the north, Pottawatomie County. For more than […]

The Curious Case of Postcard Photographer, John Bowers

By flinthillsspecial on April 3, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

-by Greg Hoots- John Bowers was born in 1865 in Minnesota, the son of a farmer. In about 1879 John left Minnesota to move to Topeka, Kansas where he took residence with […]

The Peter Thoes Barn

By flinthillsspecial on March 19, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

-by Greg Hoots- Peter Thoes was born in 1821 in a small village on the river LaBelle Mosille on the western edge of Germany. After Peter’s birth, his parents, Johannes Thoes and […]

Sixteen Days in August and Other UPS Stories

By flinthillsspecial on March 13, 2020 • ( 4 Comments )

-by Greg Hoots- Author’s note:  I spent more than thirty-three years as a package car driver for United Parcel Service, working from the Topeka, Kansas center. I made many good friends while […]

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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.

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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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