by Dave | Apr 22, 2007 | Kansas
Shady Brook is an area southwest of Woodbine, Kansas
by Dave | Apr 1, 2007 | Kansas, Small Towns
This stone portal was discoverd on a downtown side street, in Eskridge, Kansas. I may be mistaken, but I believe this is the first store constructed in the town, around 1881. The only Earl I find in the 1907 Eskridge business directory is “W. H.” who...
by Dave | Mar 24, 2007 | Kansas, Landscape, Small Towns
Albert, Kansas
by Dave | Oct 28, 2006 | Kansas
The tiny Cozy Inn burger joint in Salina has been serving up hamburgers for more than 80 years. It’s something of an institution in the area. I’ve been eating cozies since I was little, and my brothers worked the grill. The hamburgers are small blobs of...
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 | Sep 21, 2006 | Black and White, Cityscapes, Kansas
by Dave | Sep 9, 2006 | Kansas, Mills & Elevators, Small Towns
Dillon is a short distance west of Hope. I drove around this area and found little that resembled a town, just the elevators and a few country homes. Wichita State University library has an old photograph of a Dillon schoolhouse in their special collections. Was a...
by Dave | Aug 23, 2006 | Kansas, Small Towns
Council Grove Rear door of the Last Chance Store, built in 1857 It’s not unusual, when looking at buildings that were in their prime a century ago, to wonder what day-to-day life was like then. I like this door as a simple study of texture and color. It has the...
by Dave | Aug 22, 2006 | Kansas, Wildflowers
– photographed along the Flint Hills Nature Trail near Council Grove According to Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses and other sources this plant’s uses include: Dried leaves were used by Native Americans as a treatment for asthma and bronchitis. The fat,...
by Dave | Aug 21, 2006 | Kansas, Simple Things
They repainted the lines on parking spaces at work recently. The duck got in the way.
