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Check out my latest article on the Orphan Train which was printed in the July 15 edition of the Johnson County Gazette. Orphan Trains were a way for the large east coast cities in the mid to late 1850s so ship a large number of young children out of their cities to cities further west. …
Check out my latest column in the March 4th issue of the Johnson County Gazette. This month I look into Quantrill’s Raids of Shawnee. There is not a great deal of information out there about the raids, but I do my best to tell the story based on what we do know. The story is …
Check out my latest article in the January 28th edition of the JOCO Gazette. This month’s article takes a look at the history of Lenexa, which was originally going to be called, “Bradshaw”. Check out the article via this link at the JOCO Gazette. Click on image to read captions
Check out my latest column in the November 17 edition of the Johnson County Gazette. This article is entitled, KSD’s Luther “Dummy” Taylor, World Series Champion in 1905″ and recounts the life and Major League Career of Luther Taylor, an 1890s graduate of the Kansas School for the Deaf in Olathe. Includes some interesting facts about …
Check out my latest column in the November 19 edition of the Johnson County Gazette. This article is entitled, “Who Were the Harvey Girls”. this article is a bit of a departure for me from “war” related topics. The Harvey Girls were young women who were hired to provide hospitality to travelers going west on …
Check out my latest column in Johnson County Gazette entitled, “Nazi Prisoners?”. This article is a bit a departure from my normal column in the Gazette as this one is not about a story based in Johnson County. This article concerns the fact that Nazi Prisoners were housed all across the U.S. during World War …
Check out my latest article for the Johnson County Gazette entitled “Jennison’s Jayhawkers visit Olathe. The article can be found at this link: http://jocogazette.com/images/2021-9-17.lowrez.pdf. Click on image to read captions Prior Blog Posts
Pick up a copy of the August 13th edition of the Johnson County Gazette and read my latest article about the Battle of Blowhard. You can also read the column by clicking on this link: Battle of Blowhard, August 13th The Battle of Blowhard is the account of one of the first conflicts on the …
Check out my latest article in the July 16th Johnson County Gazette entitled, “Bushwhacker Raid on Gardner”. The article details the bushwhacker raid on Gardner which occurred on October 22, 1861. Pick up a copy of the Gazette at your local grocery store or restaurant. Click on image to read captions Prior Blog Posts
Check out my latest article in the June 11 edition of the Johnson County Gazette about Olathe’s historic Ott’s Mill building on East Cedar Street. If you have been following my column, you know that I am a direct descendent of C.M. Ott, who built the mill in 1868, making it the second oldest building …
