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 we犀利士 st […]
This tour stop at Fort Hayes will wrap up our journey through the middle of Kansas. Hayes, Kansas is located on I-70 about 4 hours from Kansas City. For Hayes is located on the south side of the Hayes just off highway 183. The historic Site is surrounded on three sides by the Fort Hayes
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This week we continue our journey through West Central Kansas with a stop at Fort Larned, which is located near Larned, Kansas, approximately 270 miles from the western edge of Kansas City. The camp created in 1859 was originally named “Camp on Pawnee Fork”. The name was soon changed to “Camp Alert” by the resident
For this post, we continue our trip through south-central Kansas with a visit to Dodge City. Dodge City would earn the nickname, “Sodom of the West” due to the wild and raucous nature of life in the city in the late 1800s. Located 330 miles from the western edge of Kansas City, Dodge City was staked
