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Editor’s note: Mark Inman Seitz worked for the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter for many years. He was a journalist, sports writer and all round funny guy. He passed away May 12, 2022. In memory, the I-R is republishing excerpts of the popular HindSeitz columns, originally published in the I-R in 2007.
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In the fall of 1862 the U.S. fleet operated relatively unopposed in the Confederate-held territory on the Mississippi River, and the river’s larger tributaries. In response, Confederate Major General Theophiles H. Holmes, commander of the Department of the Trans-Mississippi, ordered the construction of fortifications at Arkansas Post near the confluence of the Arkansas and White Rivers. Arkansas Post had been a seat of commerce since being established for frontier trade by the French in 1686. Designated Fort Hindman, the installation suffered humiliating defeat when under heavy bombardment. Nearly a third of Confederate troops serving in Arkansas were captured when the post was surrendered on Jan. 11, 1863.
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Above, Central Plains High School Oilers Track and Field Team members Hunter Klima and Kerrick Benavidez run the high hurdles together May 12 during a meet at Ellinwood. Klima took sixth in the 100 meter high hurdles with a time of 20.79. Below, Oiler Dawson McNeal participates in the high jump. He took fourth with a leap of 5’6”. LORI FARMER/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter
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KANOPOLIS — Ellsworth’s Kaden Davis, who accepted an offer to play for the Denver Broncos on April 30, visited Kanopolis Middle School on May 5. He spent more than an hour talking to fifth and sixth grade students.
Read moreThe event begins at 6 p.m. at Shanelec football stadium in Ellsworth. The triathlon will conclude after dark with the lighting of the luminary bags and the reading of names.
Read moreThe Wilson Community Blood Drive is from 12:30-5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall at Wilson’s First Baptist Church. Call 1-800-733- 2767 or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter wilsonks to schedule an appointment.
Read moreEllsworth County commissioners meet at 9 a.m. in the courthouse meeting room. Info: (785) 472-4161.
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