Last Tuesday, we took a family trip to Coffeyville, KS. My Mom’s birthplace. For you history buffs: in 1892, the C.M. Condon bank was robbed by the notorious five-member Dalton Gang. The gang was gunned down by townspeople during the robbery. Emmett Dalton, the lone survivor of the gang, was sent to prison
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Photo Credit: Wikipedia (cc) I’m a guy who loves reading about historical adventurers. The Lewis and Clark expedition being one of my favorites. When I ran across the Outside Magazine article about the first American to climb Mount Everest, I was immediately interested. When I saw it also had historic
Blackberries and whiskey running are two of the claims to fame McLoud residents boast. The former is what brought me to the tiny town of less than 4,000 people: The Blackberry Festival. After a slight detour (I missed the exit) I arrived in McLoud at the tail end of the
Last weekend, Mom and I went to visit my Granddaughter in Wichita. We were driving along highway 400 in Kansas when we saw a sign at the side of the road pointing the way to a historic hotel and cafe. Beaumont. I love visiting the out of the way places