Kaw Agency Ruins

Kaw Agency Ruins

by | Sep 13, 2007 | Kansas, Kansas Culture, Landscape, Wildflowers

Allegawaho Memorial Heritage Park The remains of the Kaw Agency is one of the first sights as you approach the park. Across the railroad bed, now the Flint Hills Nature Trail, you can park your car and take a two mile nature walk. The path circles over a hill, around...
Wilson Elevator Complex

Wilson Elevator Complex

by | Sep 9, 2007 | Industry, Kansas, Small Towns

Wilson, Kansas – Photographed in July of 2006 This image might look familiar. It’s from the previous photo journal, Postcards from Kansas. I’m going to start importing the best of that collection into this gallery, then turn off Postcards. I’d...
Pokeweed

Pokeweed

by | Sep 9, 2007 | Kansas, Wildflowers

Pokeweed is a showy plant this time of year, with thick red stalks and colorful branches and fruit. The fruit is poisonous to livestock, though the plant has served medicinal uses. More info, check Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses.
Galena, Route 66

Galena, Route 66

by | Sep 2, 2007 | Kansas, Small Towns

Once at the heart of a thriving lead and zinc mining area, Galena is now a ghost town on the bottom right corner of Kansas. For reading on the history of the town check Galena, on Legends of America.