The Curtis Cafe

The Curtis Cafe

Stafford, Kansas Very comforting, picturesque, good food and pies, small town ambience…. this is the type of place you hope to find when you’re tired and hungry on a trip. The walls of the Curtis Cafe are covered with a kazillion jigsaw puzzles. I was sort of...
Earl Brothers Back Door

Earl Brothers Back Door

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...
Dillon

Dillon

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...