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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.

Alma Portland Cement Works

By flinthillsspecial on December 24, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Photographer Tom Parish visited the site of the Alma Portland Cement Works, a late-19th century manufacturing enterprise, located near Alma, Kansas. Parish photographed the remains of the large kiln where ingots of […]

Photo Friday: Mill Creek Valley & Council Grove Railway Bond, 1873

By flinthillsspecial on December 22, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

No single force was so important to the development of the American West than the railroad industry. By the middle of the 19th century, the nation’s lawmakers realized that the development of […]

Photo Friday: Video, Halloween Parade, Eskridge, Kansas

By flinthillsspecial on December 16, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

This is a short 8-millimeter video of the Halloween parade in Eskridge, Kansas taken in the very early 1950s.  It’s a great little video of an iconic parade in small town America.  […]

Photo Friday: Artist, August Ohst

By flinthillsspecial on December 8, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Today’s featured photo includes two views, both taken in 1888 by Louis Palenske, of his good friend, artist, August Ohst. August Ohst was born in Ratzeburg, Germany in 1851 and came to America […]

Number Please: The History of the Telephone in Wabaunsee County

By flinthillsspecial on December 7, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

In the history of Wabaunsee County, June 25, 1898 is a date of historical significance when the McMahan Telephone Exchange opened for business in Alma, Kansas with twelve subscribers. The telephone company […]

Shave and a Haircut

By flinthillsspecial on December 5, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

  One of the most iconic small town businesses which thrived in the first half of the 20th century was the local barber shop.  Every town had one.  Some towns had two […]

Photo Friday, Railroad Trestle Construction

By flinthillsspecial on December 2, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Hi, Everyone, It’s Photo Friday again!  I have two photos taken of the construction of a railroad trestle. The location is unidentified beyond the assumption that it is in Kansas.  These are […]

Photo Friday, Wabaunsee Tavern, Lake Wabaunsee

By flinthillsspecial on November 25, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Welcome to Photo Friday.  We have two photos today from lifelong Eskridge resident, Dean Dunn, both taken at Lake Wabaunsee in the early 1940s. These views are both of the Wabaunsee Tavern, […]

Gasoline Gallery

By flinthillsspecial on November 24, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

Before the development of the convenience store and the concept of self-service gasoline pumps, there were thousands of small gas stations across Kansas that pumped fuel, washed the customer’s windows, checked the […]

All Indian Trails Lead to Lawrence Photos

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

In 1926 Kansas photographer Louis Palenske was living and working in Burlington, Kansas when it was announced that Native Americans from across the country would be attending a four-day dedication of a new […]

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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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