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Letter to the Editor:
I am mystified that someone at the county commissioners’ meeting claimed to have a “God-given right to be irresponsible”.
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In the fall of 1869,15 visionary promoters gathered at Emporia to discuss the Osage lands slated to be opened for settlement the following summer.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about Neil Diamond lately.
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“Come on, people, smile on your brother, everybody get together
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Charlie Jennison bristled just a bit after two “school girls” passed him as he stood in the doorway of his hotel/saloon.
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Through vertical consolidation, corporate farms control the majority of Kansas’ beef, swine, dairy and poultry operations. (Socially Responsible Agriculture Project)
Paul Johnson
Special to the I-R
It’s doubtful downtown Ellsworth will ever appear on the nightly news with looters running in and out of burning stores hauling away as much merchandise as possible before order is restored.
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Early Kansas was filled with wild characters that left quite a legacy. Many of them may not have been the kind of person that you would want for a friend or neighbor, but they sure make Kansas history interesting!
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