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In the early morning hour of 2 a.m. Saturday, March 28, 1863, the steam boat “New Sam Gaty” was laboring against the current of the Missouri River near the bluffs below Sibley’s Landing, about 30 miles east of Independence, Mo. The side-wheeler was loaded with freight that included government wagons and supplies. The passenger list included 76 former slaves that had been freed by Union troops.
Read moreWe relearned a hard lesson earlier this month — one that after so many years of covering county commissions, city councils and school boards should be stenciled on the wall in front of our desk at the newspaper. Our mistake? We failed to attend a special meeting of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School District board. There were several reasons for this, but the bottom line is that the newspaper should have had a representative there. And we didn’t. For that we apologize.
Read moreI have often been tempted to publish a newspaper article in its entirety, but have always felt that the reader deserved more research on my part. But in this case, I didn’t think I could do better than Eli Perkins had done in his wonderful piece “Fun on the Plains,” originally published in the New York Daily Graphic and copied by the Omaha Daily Bee in its March 30, 1874 edition. I hope that you agree that in this case, Mr. Perkins has given us everything we need to know.
Read moreThis was the last week for non-exempt committee meetings in the legislature. Our next week will consist of consideration of remaining bills on the floor of the House and Senate. The following and final week of the general session will be focused on work in conference committees where we reconcile differences between the chambers.
Read more“Two Rides — Their Contrast,” appeared in the March 20, 1868, Emporia News.
Read moreWe returned to the legislative session to start on bills received from the other chamber. There were only a few bills considered on the House Floor.
Read moreIn 1886 the southeast Kansas town of Tyro was laid out in southern Montgomery County. The first post office, known as Fawn, transferred to Tyro in 1893. The town was not incorporated until 1906.
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