by Dave | Jun 18, 2007 | Celebrations, Human, Kansas, Kansas Culture, Small Towns
A colorful tent spread over a Council Grove side street offers refuge from the sun and heat during Washunga Days. The singer is crooning “May I have this dance for the rest of my life”, a wedding anniversary offering to his wife in the audience.
by Dave | Jun 14, 2007 | Kansas, Kansas Culture, Small Towns
Wabaunsee, Kansas
by Dave | Sep 30, 2006 | Kansas, Kansas Culture
It was in, or around this cabin, in 1872 that Brewster Higley wrote the words for “Home on the Range”. The lyrics were later set to music by Dan Kelley of Gaylord. In 1947 it was named the state song of Kansas.
by Dave | Jul 21, 2006 | Human, Kansas, Kansas Culture
These children played the part of talking trees in the children’s’ production of Snow White at this summer’s Shakespeare in the Park. Hamlet, by the community theater, followed afterward. Peter Pan Park’s amphitheatre, in Emporia, provides a beautiful...
