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Curly Marshall has found his way into The Way West more than once with his infamous approach to life. He had a habit of hanging out with the most notorious characters on the southern Kansas plains, some going as far as to say that he rode at the head of a gang of horse thieves. The Dec. 5, 1872, Ellsworth Reporter recalled that he had killed at least one man in Ellsworth’s wild end-oftrack days of 1867-1868.
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My husband is a major believer in no Christmas decorating until after Thanksgiving. The older he gets, the harder the line he seems to take with this belief.
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A fascinating window into the past was published Dec. 14, 1901, in the Topeka State Journal. The story features the reminiscences of John Armstrong, an anti-slavery activist who had been in Topeka since its founding in 1854.
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Agricultural leaders tell us that nothing can be done to return America to a small farm economy, an era long past. But that is very shortsighted and essentially dangerous.
Read moreHolidays can be tough for those who experienced a loss
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