Some months are filled with more good things than I could possibly fit inside my newspaper column, and this October has been one of them! It’s been a wonderful whirlwind for our schools, families and community.
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The Lone Star Dance Hall was one of Dodge City’s most popular resorts. Bat Masterson and Ben Springer were the owners of the Lone Star, which sported a long mahogany bar and a full complement of gambling tables. Charley Lawson’s orchestra provided music from a small stage that overlooked the dance floor in the rear of the room. The stage also provided the opportunity to produce variety shows on occasion.
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Expanding Medicaid in Kansas would strengthen families
Read moreFall harvest is in full swing on our central Kansas farm.
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George Brown was the 10th man to accept the position of city marshal in the booming cattle town of Caldwell, Kan. The town was founded on the Chisholm Trail just above the border with Indian Territory in 1871. Texas cowboys roamed the streets at will and violence was never far away. Marshal Brown had been on the job a few months when some of Big Jim Ellison’s trail hands hit town the morning of June 22, 1882, to blow off steam.
Read moreMayor Peschka worked to move Wilson forward
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One of my favorite characters of old west Kansas was a gambler by the name of Bobby Gill. His name has come up in several stories, but never as the main attraction, which made the newspaper article on the front page of the Oct. 9, 1888, Wichita Star stand out as I was perusing pages while researching another story for The Way West.
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