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An Inauguration for Mitt Romney in Norton

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:00:00 -0500

Willard Mitt Romney may not get the big party in Washington, DC, but he will have his own inauguration on January 21, 2013.No, it’s not the Kansas way of making sure it is winner takes all, but instead a tradition in Norton of recognizing the men who tried for, but lost the run for the White House.

Reliving History at Fort Larned

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:00:00 -0400

Imagine walking 50 miles across a hostile prairie just to make sure the mail goes through. That was among the regular duties for infantry soldiers at Fort Larned in the 1860s. The fort was among those constructed to protect commerce on the Santa Fe Trail. The trail was one of the most important

A Kansas player in the Civil War

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:00:00 -0400

Fort Scott has a unique history that follows the growing pains of our country in the middle of the 1800s. The National Historic Site recently marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, but the history of the Army’s presence in the area stretches back to a time when the western edge

The Greatest Kansas Hero

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:00:00 -0400

In our family “Eisenhower” most often refers to the aircraft carrier where my husband spent six years in the Navy. We saw the ship this summer. So, it only seemed appropriate to take the boys to the place where the real Ike lived here in Kansas.

Dwight D. Eisenhower was the Kansas boy who helped