Frontier Kansas was a wild, exciting place. The frontier was certainly no place for a “pilgrim,” inexperienced in the ways of violent men on edge of civilization.
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Defugalty is one of my favorite words. You may not find it in the dictionary, but my mother used it for particularly disagreeable situations, mostly centered around an argument or a general confusion of one kind or another. That would certainly describe the circumstances that occurred on a summer’s eve in old Dodge City.
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Preston Plumb was born Oct. 12, 1837, at Berkshire, Delaware County, Ohio. His proud parents were David and Hannah Maria (Bierce) Plumb.
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Since time immemorial, the idea of flying like a bird through the sky has appealed to the imagination. That imagination has brought us to a landing on the moon in present times, with aspirations of travel to Mars and beyond.
Read moreGetting the hay wagon through the gate was always a challenge when taking bales off a field to be stored at a yard. All of the gates were constructed prior to the invention of round balers, and therefore, the openings were generally snug when trying to sneak a trailer through loaded with 10 bales.
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