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In 1867 Ellsworth was the latest railroad boomtown as the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division, built the first railroad on the Kansas prairies. One thousand men were busy surveying, grading the roadbed and laying track on a line from Salina, Kan., to an isolated location west of Ellsworth.
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In the previous edition of “The Way West,” we visited dramatic days of framing of the Wyandotte Constitution, the document that serves today as the Constitution of the State of Kansas. During the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention, the official borders for the intended state needed to be identified.
Read moreConcerns about Carneiro Township Dear Editor, I was invited to attend the Carneiro Township budget meeting this evening. It was a revelation.
Read moreCentral Plains board has chance to move forward, include all
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Carneiro Cemetery needs deeds Dear Editor, I have found out that no deeds were created, never, none, zero, at Carneiro Cemetery.
Read moreTent camping in July in Kansas usually isn’t on my list of ways to spend a weekend, yet, I recently found myself slowly sinking into an air mattress with a clear view of the stars through a thin mesh canopy, which served as my only protection from the elements. Somehow, this ill-advised excursion actually worked out with an overnight low in the mid-60s.
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