As first quarter is well underway, this is a time when relationships between students, teachers and staff are really taking shape. From the playground to the classroom to the ball field, it’s rewarding to see new friendships and trusting bonds develop between students, teachers, bus drivers and so many others. Once the school year begins, it doesn’t take long for new opportunities to begin popping up. Some are as simple as a generous donation of water from the local Sonic restaurant during that sweltering week of school in mid-August. We also recently received big news of a grant for our school district’s career and technical education programs. I truly can’t wait to see how many ways our high school students will grow in the months and years to come, thanks to a $101,900 grant from the Patterson Family Foundation.
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It seemed that James A. Gordon’s luck had run out. Sitting in a jail at Leavenworth, Kan., Gordon was waiting for a hearing before Judge John Pettit for the murder of John Gantz nearly two months before, on July 18, 1860, in Denver City, Kansas Territory.
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Loved ones, friends share experience of loss by suicide
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Luck was with James A. Gordon when he charged out of Fort Lupton, 24 miles northeast of Denver City, Kansas Territory, the morning of Sept. 22, 1860. Flourishing a revolver overhead, Gordon shouted at the vigilantes, “Shoot, you cowards, and follow me!”
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James A. Gordon was just one of thousands of emigrants seeking his fortune on the front range of the Rocky Mountains after gold was discovered in 1858. His father had established a ranch three miles south of Denver City, but Gordon was drawn to the sporting life. He became involved in a love affair that he later confessed “began to trouble me considerable.” In an effort to divert his mind from romantic troubles, he turned to whiskey.
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