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Sept. 11 sort of snuck up on me this year. Midmorning, I was scrolling through social media and I saw a post from one of my journalism professors of that day.
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The first herds of Texas cattle were driven to Abilene in 1867 over a new cattle trail that became widely known as The Chisholm Trail. Eighteen to 20,000 head of cattle were shipped from Abilene’s Great American Stock Yards that fall. Each year more and more cattle were driven north, overwhelming Abilene’s shipping facilities.
Read moreBenefits of annual Newspapers in Education program
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The old west was chock-full of cowboys and irate townspeople delivering vigilante justice to horse thieves with hemp rope over the limb of a tree. However, the early years of Kansas Territory were filled with the practice of foraging from the land. Both jayhawkers and bushwhackers lived by foraging and stealing horses became a regular activity.
Read moreThe biggest bets aren’t made at a card table, race track or during the Super Bowl. Instead, they happen every day on farms and ranches across the country. While most bettors place their hopes (and a few dollars) on a single event, those who grow our food face a successive series of wagers with the fate of the farm in the balance.
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The morning of Sunday, Sept. 2, 1877, William Brady arrived on the streets of Dodge City, Kan. Merely described as “a gentleman from Texas,” Mr. Brady was doubtless associated with the cattle trade. The shipping season was bringing cattlemen to town on a daily basis.
Read moreCivil conversation about the future of Wilson Schools is refreshing
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Richard Josiah Hinton was born in London, into relative poverty on Nov.
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