This month’s post was originally published in the Johnson County Gazette in October of 2021. This month’s article is a bit of a departure from the Johnson County history that this column usually covers. I felt that this topic was so interesting that I had to cover it in this month’s column. The title of […]
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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.
The Most Hated Man in Missouri: Check out my latest article in the May 14th edition of the Johnson County Gazette. The article is located at the bottom right-hand side of the first page. In this article, I take a look at Kansas Senator and Union Army General James Lane. Lane was at the same
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Check out the latest edition of the Johnson County Gazette to read my latest article about Olathe’s first Mayor, William “Billy” Pellett. Pellett was held prisoner during the Raid of Olathe by William Quantrill in 1862. Of course, you can read more about that event by purchasing my new book, “Moonlit Mayhem: Quantrill’s Raid of Olathe, Kansas” available
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Pick up a copy of the March 12th edition of the Johnson County Gazette in which you will find my latest article about the Shawnee Methodist Indian Mission in Fairway, Kansas. The month’s article traces the history of the Mission from its days as a Mission School for Native Americans, to a short stint as the
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