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The 1886 creation of Seward County in southwest Kansas brought immediate conflict over the location of the county seat.
Read moreWe like to think the women and men we select to represent us in public office go there to work in the best interests of their constituents. Not just their Republican or Democratic constituents, but their state and districts as a whole. Sometimes that means going along with the majority. Other times it means using common sense and experience to set an example for the voters who put you in office and even lead them in a different direction, if necessary.
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Johnson County, Kan., was established by Kansas Territorial government on Aug. 25, 1855, in honor of the Rev. Thomas Johnson.
Read moreIn those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
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Back in May of this year, I wrote a story of Robert Poisal’s “lost summer.”
Read moreAs Christmas draws closer, I can’t help but think of the many holiday traditions my family has generally followed over the years. Some are strange, some are widely shared, but they’re all unique markers of how we spend our time together marking the birth of Christ.
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The headlines in a December edition of the 1917 Trench and Camp were all about the coming Christmas celebration at Camp Funston.
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