I stopped by Toad Hollow again this morning. When I arrived, Nina West suggested I smell the spurge, this yellowish-green blooming stuff. No smell. When the breeze blows across this plant, she said, the air smells like honey. Well, it was too cool, but an hour or so later, the sun had warmed up the …
In the Tunnel
Dave took this photo of me (the one on the right!) taking notes as Bill Starr talks about the tunnels under Ellinwood. That circle of light over Bill’s head is a manhole cover. There were two tunnels side by side here. The interior tunnel was the walkway and the outer tunnel was coal storage. I …
more pics from Ellinwood
Ellinwood underground. Bill Starr said this was a horse tether. (My guess was an anchor.) Since there weren’t any trees on the early Kansas plains for the cowboys to tie their horses to, they had to carry a horse tether along with them. There were no electric lights underground back then. The tunnels. That’s a …
M-20
At the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene.
5-Star Cadillac
1942 Cadillac assigned to Gen. Eisenhower. The car was on display at the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene.
Grenades
The Eisenhower Museum in Abilene had plenty of World War II weapons on display.
Presidential Treasures
In the Eisenhower Museum, a traveling show called “From George to George” had Presidential Treasures from each President. (didn’t get a picture of the clock.) Included in the Teddy Roosevelt display was this letter to his young son, a story about bunnies.
Gen. Eisenhower
The Eisenhower museum in Abilene focuses on his adult life. A big emphasis is on World War II. More so than his presidency, I think.
Eisenhower Museum
The Eisenhower Museum in Abilene is long and low, like the Kansas horizon. “From George to George – Presidential Treasures” was the special exhibit at the museum. Huge murals flank the interior doorways of the museum. “Combined Operations” “Supreme Command”
Place of Meditation
This is a building I remember clearly from a childhood visit. Hasn’t changed any in the past three decades. This is at the Eisenhower Center in Abilene. Ike was, as you surely know, the 34th President from the 34th State. Dwight D. Eisenhower was a five-star general who spoke of Peace. He served as a …
TSCPL
I hadn’t been in this library since about 1980 – and they’ve done some major renovations since then. There’s a cafe and a used bookstore and gobs of meeting rooms. And books, I’m sure there were books in there. The lobby. (I was going to call it the foyer, but that word always sounds silly …