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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 William Horne Barn

By flinthillsspecial on March 6, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Many of the most historically significant barns have disappeared from the Wabaunsee County landscape throughout the 20th century, leaving a remaining few relics of their heyday scattered at the sites of former […]

Fifteen Minutes Till Doomsday

By flinthillsspecial on February 10, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

-by Greg Hoots- In 1938 two German chemists, Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, announced their discovery of nuclear fission and presented their theory to the world academic community.  The importance of the […]

Two Barns in Wabaunsee County

By flinthillsspecial on January 24, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

-by Greg Hoots- No single structure is more iconic and fundamental to ranching heritage than the hay barn. Many of the earliest barns in the Wabaunsee County were log structures, but by […]

A Day in History: February 4, 1921, Fire Destroys R. C. Day Garage in Eskridge

By flinthillsspecial on December 12, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

On Friday evening, February 4, 1921, the Ford dealership belonging to Robert Day in Eskridge, Kansas burned to the ground in a blaze which destroyed seventeen vehicles and threatened the downtown business […]

Gas Station Bandits Strike Eskridge

By flinthillsspecial on December 6, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

-by Greg Hoots The year was 1931.  The Great Depression had changed the face of America.  Hardworking folks who had never experienced unemployment, hunger, homelessness, and the inability to feed their families […]

Profiles of Courage: John Dover Page and Ellen Forte Page

By flinthillsspecial on November 5, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

-by Greg Hoots- Editor’s note:  I’ve had the great fortune to become acquainted with some of the descendants of John and Ellen Page, formerly of Topeka, Kansas, and I have to say […]

Wabaunsee Outlook: Transient Camp #5 Newsletter, April 21, 1935

By flinthillsspecial on November 1, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

The Kansas Emergency Relief Committee operated four transient camps in Kansas between 1933 and 1935, all of which were lake construction projects.  The Lake Wabaunsee camp was constructed in December of 1933, […]

Wabaunsee Outlook: Transient Camp #5 Newsletter, March, 1935

By flinthillsspecial on November 1, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

The Kansas Emergency Relief Committee operated four transient camps in Kansas between 1933 and 1935, all of which were lake construction projects.  The Lake Wabaunsee camp was constructed in December of 1933, […]

Bulldogging With Cleo Schultz

By flinthillsspecial on September 18, 2019 • ( 3 Comments )

-by Greg Hoots- Cleo Schultz was born and raised in the Volland, Kansas community, and he spent his adult life ranching in Wabaunsee County.  But there was a time when this dedicated […]

With Malice Aforethought: The Joseph Pusch Murder

By flinthillsspecial on August 23, 2019 • ( 3 Comments )

-by Greg Hoots- Introduction In the spring of 1934 the most heinous, violent murder in the history of Wabaunsee County occurred in the rural hills southeast of the county seat of Alma, […]

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Don Mogge: Eyewitness to History

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With Malice Aforethought: The Joseph Pusch Murder

A Flint Hills Story by Victor Palenske

The Alma Hotel: A Chronology

Cold Case: Murder on Eight-Mile Road

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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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