The K K K Girls of Chanute Look Back at Teen Times
Jane Purdy Lapham recalls in Chanute Kansas a self styled K K K Girls club of twelve in high school days. They hosted Christmas dances with railroad headlight moonlight and late night adventures with a horse parade and slumber parties. The piece reflects on teen culture, lack of formal recreation, and parental guidance of the era.
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Chanute
K.K.K
Kansas
C.M.A
Elk’s Hall
North Grant
Main Street
South Evergreen
Kansas Nursery For the Nation
Lawrence Kansas sees population growth average below national rate as births exceed deaths by about 34 000 annually while migration drains about 16 000 people. Dr Duane Knos of the University of Kansas calls Kansas a nursery to the nation and warns rural areas suffer from limited non agricultural job growth.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Duane
Knos
University of Kansas
1871 Chanute Methodists Worship House History
The Methodists held early worships in a building on the southeast corner of Highland and Walnut. Completed December 30 1871 the structure burned in July 1994 after the pastor led a crusade against liquor and gambling in the town.
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Chanute Methodists
Highland and
Walnut
Early Neosho Levees Build Across Erie Area
Private levees along the Neosho River near Erie were raised starting in 1890. Their crop protection prompted Neosho County landowners to secure a 1893 act for public supervision, leading to numerous levees constructed in the region.
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Neosho River
Erie
Neosho County
Repeat Performance On Mountain Pass
Craig Colorado report says Ray Green was driving west on Berthoud Pass when snow whipped up by passing vehicles blinded him causing his truck to wind up in the snow.
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Craig, Colo
Ray Green
Berthoud Pass
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Wilbur Allison
W. 4Th
Lori
Nancy
Jan
Tribune
Jane Purdy Lapham
Zula
Tulsa
Tom-boy
Renternal
People OF
W. Main
Skinner's Pharmacy
Fred E. Skinner
Chanute Auto Parts
Central
The
Chanute Tribune
Paul T. Brennecke
Paul I. Brennecke
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