Great Dream of Chanute Link Spurs Early Girard Flight Attempt
The 1974 Kansas State College of Pittsburg Library Bulletin recounts Henry Laurens Call, a New York lawyer drawn to Kansas by socialism, who led the Aerial Navigation Company of America in Girard. His ill fated 1908 Great Dream aircraft, with four adjustable planes and twin engines, failed to fly after a wheel fell off and motor issues.
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Chanute
Girard
Kansas State College of Pittsburg
Henry Laurens Call
New York
Kansas
Reason
Call
Covention
Chicago
Manhattan College
American Academy For the Advancement of Science
Wright Brothers
Octave Chanute
Carl
Test
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
North America
Parsons Army Ammunition Plant names new commander
Lt. Col. Bruce B. Halstead assumed command at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant in Parsons replacing Lt. Col. Terry M. Carlton who completed a two year tour. Halstead arrives from the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington and Carlton goes to the Military Personnel Center in Alexandria Virginia.
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Parsons
Kansas Army
Bruce B. Halstead
Terry M. Carlton
Halstead
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Carlton
Military Personnel Center
Alexandria
City notes progress on planning and park improvements
City official Bunting cites progress in tree management public property upkeep and the establishment of a new stump cutter. He highlights a welcoming shift with joint luncheons between the City Commission and Chamber of Commerce and the appointment of a health officer. The industrial park grew with two new industries and road drainage upgrades followed. Frank Luther started his own concrete business in 1975 using aluminum foundation panels to replace plywood forms.
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City Commission
Greater Chanute Area
Bunting
Jim Chappell
U.S. 169
Frank Luther
Advanced Systems Homes
Kansas
Kansas City
Osage History and Neosho County Heritage
The Osage Nation known as Ni-U ho'n-Ska shaped Neosho County with villages and names like Ni-U-Sho. They were a warrior society with complex hospitability, lodge life, a Mystery Lodge council, and a belief in Wah-Kon-Tah. By 1865 a treaty ceded the lands, leading to white settlement and the fading of Osage presence.
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Neosho County
Missouri
Marais Des Cygnes
Apache
Pawnee
Topeka
Omaha
Chetopa
Neodesha
Pawhuska
Claremore
Platte
Grandfather Sun
Danville
Shaw
U.S
Verdigris River
Kansas
Neosho
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Aerial Navigation Company of America
Mississippi River
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Carol J. Gould
Hillside Drive
Robert D. Johnson
S. Central
Tracy Joan Spiva
W. Main
Terry R. Thompson
Trisha White
S. Highland
Christine Oglesbee
S. Steuben
Bartlesville Medical Center
Fredonia
First Christian Church
Fredonia Ministerial Association
Klaude Kendrick
Wesleyan College
Fort Worth
Tex
H. L. Call
City Progress
Charles L. Cox
Chanute Area
Royster Stadium
Santa Fe Park
Melvin Folk, Dearing
Cox
Red Man
Osage
Middle Waters
Sun
Henry
Ellsworth
Washington Irving
John Joseph Mathews
University of Oklahoma Press
Norman
New York Times
Wright
Humboldt
Chanute Plaza Shopping Center
South 169 Hwy
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