By Today’s Flyover People column: Inside the Granada There’s gonna be lotsa gold inside the Granada when it’s done. Note the fancy ceiling in the lobby.
Back to the Granada
There was a break in the rain, the sun came out. I wanted to catch the morning sun on the Granada Theatre, so the features of the clowns would show off better. But I missed that brief moment of sunshine. Here are the clowns anyway, grasping their tambourines. This morning, heavy rain caused some flooding …
The Granada Theatre
Emporia’s 1929 Granada Theatre. The Granada Theatre has been undergoing restoration for several years. In 1994, the building was purchased to save it from demolition. A large amount of money was raised by the community, grants were received, and the renovation began. The project was originally estimated to cost $1,727,000, but of course, the price …
Sesquicentennial Parade
There’s my friend, Ele, sitting at the desk. This is the League of Women Voters float. Emporia firefighters provided a cool place to play at the street festival.
Iowa!
(Fields of Opportunities, you know, as in “Field of Dreams.“) I drove to Troy without much thought as to what I would do afterwards. Well, Mom was driving on up to Iowa to visit a Danish Immigrant Museum in the small town of Elk Horn. Her father was Danish, which makes me 1/4 so. Since …
along the way
On the way to Troy Friday, I took a short spin through Atchison, pop. 10,111. This is the Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge which spans the Missouri River. Forgetting that I was going to spend the night in St. Joseph, I drove across the bridge, just so I could say I’d been to Missouri that day. …
Troy, Troy Again
Inside the Doniphan County Courthouse: Area history is on display here … Also on the lawn of the courthouse is this tribute to an adventurous part of NE Kansas history … The Pony Express came through here.
Ghost Town Guy
Anyone who has browsed the Regional section in Kansas bookstores is surely familiar with Dan Fitzgerald’s books: Ghost Towns of Kansas, Vol. I, II and III; Ghost Towns of Kansas: a Traveler’s Guide; and Faded Dreams: More Ghost Towns of Kansas. Here at Flyover People World Headquarters, we have at least three of his books …
Readings on the Porch
Roger Heineken of the William Allen White Community Partnership Inc. describes the life of Mary White to a gathering of about a dozen people. Tonight was the opening program for Readings on the Porch at the William Allen White House State Historic Site. Mary White was the topic. Jim Bartruff Jim Bartruff, Director of Theatre …
Sunnyland
This is Sunnyland. It’s in Garden City. The home was built in 1909 by D. R. Menke. Coming to Kansas in 1878, Menke and his family were among the first residents of Garden City. He owned the first store and was the first postmaster. He built this home as a retirement home for him and …
pop bottles
Speaking of pop bottles (see previous post), Ray Randolph sent this photo of old bottles he has. Note the background – that’s his “ready-reference map of Kansas.” Ray is a displaced Kansan, living in Indiana.