Flyover People
Small Towns:
Hartford, Kansas
See photos from Hartford Harvest Day 2006
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Hartford, pop. 499, is 10 miles east of Emporia on I-35 and 8 miles south on K-130. see map
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The
European Bakeshop
- is in downtown Hartford. John & Evelyne O'Connor bake and serve
gourmet pastries, cakes and cookies. Try the cream puffs, chocolate
eclairs or their croissants with a strip of rich chocolate baked inside.
You can enjoy these fine desserts in the store or outdoors on their
patio.
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211 Commercial
St. Hartford, KS 66854
phone/fax:
(620) 392-5611
email:
pastries@osprey.net
web site: www.europeanbakeshop.com
Check their web site for store hours.
Stop
by for whatever desserts they have on hand. Or, for specific items, place
order four days in advance. |
Evelyne O'Connor
In
the spring, Dave and I purchased two dozen of the French mini-pastries
to serve at a gathering. Unfortunately for us, there were no leftovers.
Other desserts include
Meringue Chocolate Mousse Cake, Fruit Mousse Cake, Black Forest
Cake, Bailey's Irish Cream Torte, Cheesecake and French Apple Tarts.
And Danish, cinnamon rolls and cookies.
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Bill's
Hardware - is
a few doors south of the bakery. Bill's is packed to rafters
with an incredible range of merchandise. Theda Wolford keeps her
store well stocked. One room is filled with bolts of fabric--a great
resource for quilters. She also sells basketball nets, microwave
ovens, overalls, inflatable swimming pools and of course, hardware.
When I had trouble locating some Key overalls for my dad, I was directed to Bill's Hardware. |
At the European
Bakeshop when I mentioned Bill's Hardware, John O'Connor said, "She
has things in there that you can't find in Emporia. I'll ask her,
do you have this, or this? 'Oh, yeah,' she'll say."
"She
even got some hula hoops in recently."
Later,
when Dave and I walked down the sidewalk, there they were, hula
hoops, blue and green and red ones, leaning against the entry way.
If you've heard about
Bill's Hardware, when you go there for the first time you're not
at all surprised to see this note on the door, "There ain't
no place like this place, so this must be the place."
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Theda Wolford |
The
Hometown Cafe
- one door north of the Bakeshop.
While
enjoying a good hamburger and tasty onion rings, you can also play
Keno. A TV monitor displayed a series of numbers when my mother
and I ate lunch here awhile back. "I don't know anything about
Keno," I said. "It's a crossword puzzle word," Mom
answered. "That tells me nothing," I said.
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