Flyover People Daily News

buildings, small towns

Church sign, Dunlap (Morris County).

churches, small towns

April 15, Hutchinson.
Young Kansans will meet to help plan a way to keep Kansas vibrant and make young people want to stay in the state.
There’s a reception the evening of the 14th, and then the conference is all day April 15.
Find more info here.
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Kansans, life on the ground

Taken a few weeks ago when the sky was blue. Now we’re in a week of rainy clouds.

landscape

What remains of the Post Office Oak tree in Council Grove.

history, small towns

Flyover Friend Frank Thompson photographed the 1912 Tiffany windows in the First Presbyterian Church in Topeka this week. Beautiful stained-glass windows!
Take a look at Frank’s blog post and the Windows of Comfort.

other people's stuff

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette:

KANSAS MUSEUM OF HISTORY
World War II ended before I was born, so it seemed like ancient history when I studied it in high school. And after all, by 1976, the U.S. had already been through two more wars – in Korea and [...]

columns, history, places

Buffalo, pop. 276, is in Wilson County.

small towns

Lamont High School: 1929 – 1966.
When high schools close, some are torn down. Towns always try to save a cornerstone, or a bell, or the school’s name carved in limestone. These are tombstones, memorials, to the schools.

life on the ground, small towns

In White City (pop. 505). Morris County.

small towns

Greenwood County

small towns