
This 1965 view of the historic business district in Alma, Kansas looks north at the intersection of Missouri and 3rd Streets. Every building in this photo is still standing today, except one, […]
This 1965 view of the historic business district in Alma, Kansas looks north at the intersection of Missouri and 3rd Streets. Every building in this photo is still standing today, except one, […]
Wabaunsee County, Kansas was late to get on the railroad bandwagon. While the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) made an offer to place a line through the county in the […]
-by Greg Hoots- When my wife, Cheryl and I moved into our present home, there were no flower beds established on the lot. There was a long, narrow flower bed along the […]
-by Howard Johnstone- EDITOR’S NOTE by Greg Hoots: I am very pleased to present the digital version of this incredible World War II story, authored by an old friend of mine, Howard […]
-by Greg Hoots- A casual look at the history of Wabaunsee County and the Kansas Flint Hills might lead one to think that most of the County’s earliest homes and other buildings […]
-by Greg Hoots- I’ve always loved cars. New ones, old ones, and everything in between, automobiles have always caught my eye. The first car which I drove to high school was a […]
By Greg Hoots On April 6, 1917 at 1:11 pm, President Woodrow Wilson signed a declaration of war passed by both houses of the United States Congress, launching America into World War […]
-by Mark Barnhart- Editor’s note: When I was in high school, college, and later, one of my closest friends was Chris Barnhart. The Barnhart family lived four or five blocks from my […]
By Greg Hoots Author’s note: This article originally appeared in the 2012 print edition of the Flint Hills Special. Russell Woofter was the hardest working man that I’ve ever known. Russell approached […]
-by Greg Hoots- I once asked Daddy when he started collecting arrowheads, and he said that when he was about ten or eleven years old, he found his first arrowhead in his […]