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Author | : Roger L. Ringer |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2019-11-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439668493 |
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Kansas has tales as extraordinary as its plains, although the stories behind the legends are sometimes lost to time. Discover the history of the state's world-class violinist, homemade airplane and alleged volcano. Iola's Mad Bomber blew up the town's saloons after a hangover. The bulletproof and most "extinctest" creature lurked in sinkholes outside Inman. Hunters in Stafford County learned to leave out enormous quantities of food for local hermit Pelican Pete. Join author Roger Ringer as he delves into these and other facts behind the myths of the Sunflower State.
Author | : Eccentric Kansas: Tales from Atchison to Winfield |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 1 |
Release | : 2019-11-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467144231 |
Download Eccentric Kansas: Tales from Atchison to Winfield Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Kansas has tales as extraordinary as its plains, although the stories behind the legends are sometimes lost to time. Discover the history of the state's world-class violinist, homemade airplane and alleged volcano. Iola's Mad Bomber blew up the town's saloons after a hangover. The bulletproof and most "extinctest" creature lurked in sinkholes outside Inman. Hunters in Stafford County learned to leave out enormous quantities of food for local hermit Pelican Pete. Join author Roger Ringer as he delves into these and other facts behind the myths of the Sunflower State.
Author | : Roger Ringer |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467146846 |
Download True Tales of Kansas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The historic tales of the Sunflower State and its people are as interesting as the days are long. A pair of brothers went from making airplanes to tractors and soon became part of John Deere. Kansan Captain Donald K. Ross won the first Congressional Medal of Honor through his actions at Pearl Harbor. The first telephone exchange in the area was invented by a Mr. Strowger because a rival funeral director had a girlfriend who was an operator for the local telephone company and kept sending his business to her friend. Nannie Jones, who stood up to Jim Crow racism and won her case in court, is memorialized by a headstone at Highland Cemetery. Author Roger Ringer details these stories and more.
Author | : Anne Kniggendorf |
Publisher | : Reedy Press LLC |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2020-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1681062836 |
Download Secret Kansas City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Most visitors know all about Kansas City’s barbecue, jazz, and football success, but there are hidden gems and wild pieces of trivia around every turn in Missouri’s largest city. Is the giant Hereford bull anatomically correct? Can a seed that’s been to outer space still grow into a normal tree? And who really killed President William Henry Harrison? You’ll find answers to the questions you didn’t know you had in Secret Kansas City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. Learn why three completely unrelated groups have chosen Kansas City as the center of the world and the place you want to be when the world ends. Between these covers, you’ll also find castles, a horse buried in a cul-de-sac, a ghost who likes a good laugh, and the world’s longest snake. This is not a tour guide for outsiders; it’s a scavenger hunt—insiders only, please. Longtime Kansas Citian Anne Kniggendorf is at your service to bolster your love and boost your respect for this middle-of-the-map city. With her eye for the odd leading the way, you’ll have a great time discovering Kansas City.
Author | : Lisa Hefner Heitz |
Publisher | : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1997-10-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 070060930X |
Download Haunted Kansas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Who's that? Is someone there? A whisper of air brushes your cheek. Then all is still. Maybe it was just the wind. Or maybe it wasn't. . . . Maybe you've just been visited by the late Ida Day lurking in the basement of Hutchinson's public library or the widow Tarot staring forlornly from an upstairs window at Fort Scott, or the phantom Earl floating behind the scenes in Concordia's Brown Grand Theater. And maybe the horrific Albino Woman truly does haunt Topeka, turning romantic nights into nightmares. . . . maybe. Pursuing the stories behind these and other spectral manifestations, Lisa Hefner Heitz has traveled the state in search of its ghostly folklore. What she has unearthed is a fascinating blend of oral histories, contemporary eye-witness accounts, and local legends. Creepy and chilling, sometimes humorous, and always engaging, her book features tales about ghosts, poltergeists, spook lights, and a host of other restless spirits that haunt Kansas. Heitz's spine-tingling collection of stories raps and taps and moans and groans through a wealth of descriptions of infamous Kansas phantoms, as well as disconcerting personal experiences related by former skeptics. Many of these ghosts, she shows, are notoriously linked to specific structures or locations, whether it is an eighteenth-century mansion in Atchison or a deep--some have claimed bottomless--pool near Ashland. The evanescent apparitions of these tales have frightened and at times amused Kansans throughout the state's long history. Yet this is the first book to capture for posterity the lively antics of the state's ghostly denizens. Besides preserving a colorful and imaginative, if intangible, side of the state's popular heritage, Heitz supplies ghost-storytellers with ample hair-raising material for, well, eternity. Maybe that person breathing softly behind you has another such story to share. Oh, no one's there? Perhaps it really was just the breeze off the prairie.
Author | : Beverley Worster |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Kansas |
ISBN | : |
Download The Nature of Kansas Lands Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"This book testifies to Kansas' natural abundance through spectacular color photography and sumptuous prose. Sponsored by the Kansas Land Trust, The Nature of Kansas Lands focuses on the world of nature that awaits us just beyond our fences: waterways, woodlands, grasslands, farmlands, and high plains. It's been crafted to encourage residents and visitors alike to explore backcountry roads, learn more about native flora and wildlife, and generally open their eyes to the state's wild beauty and ecological complexity."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1050 |
Release | : 1903 |
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ISBN | : |
Download Report of the Superintendent ... Showing the Progress of the Work Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Jan Friedman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : |
Download Eccentric America Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A guide to all things wacky, weird, curious, and bizarre in the U.S.A., featuring approximately 1,000 festivals, attractions, tours, shopping, restaurants, hotels, and eccentric environments. photos. 51 maps.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1364 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Aeronautics |
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Author | : Kim Powers |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2007-11-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Download Capote in Kansas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A fictional tale about the friendship between Truman Capote and Harper Lee as it evolves from youthful dreams to disparate literary careers before they reunite in Kansas to secretly collaborate on "To Kill a Mockingbird."