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Google “Kansas stereotypes” and you will find some well-known thoughts about Kansas, but also some that surprised me a bit. The obvious stereotypes are “fly-over state” (What does that even mean?) and “Kansas is flat” (We all know this is not true. Have you hiked at Horsethief Canyon or ever traveled a back country road?) Did you also know there is common misconception that cow tipping is practiced regularly? (Most ranchers I know would shake their heads at such a frivolous activity with one of their biggest investments, and isn’t it dangerous?)
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G. W. Brown experienced the terrors of Bleeding Kansas firsthand. His newspaper, The Kansas Herald of Freedom, was the first free state newspaper in Kansas Territory. He was arrested and his newspaper office was burned by pro-slavery forces on May 21, 1856. Brown later published several histories of territorial Kansas. In particular, he passionately recalled those uncertain days in the book, “Reminiscences of Governor R. J. Walker” with the true story of The Rescue of Kansas From Slavery. The book was dedicated to Mrs. Sara T. D. Robinson.
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ELLINWOOD — The Ellsworth Bearcat track team competed and brought home many individual and team victories in their last regular season meet May 5. Both the girls’ and boys’ teams took third place overall.
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The Ellsworth varsity golf team hosted a meet May 4.
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This is the time of year Ellsworth City Administrator Dustin Stambaugh keeps one eye on the sky and the other on streamflow in the Smoky Hill River — and hopes for rain.
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