By Pawnee Rock State Park
Pawnee Rock elevator
Approaching Walton
Walton, in Harvey County, has about 293 people.
Pawnee Rock – 67567
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: The Pawnee Rock Post Office. The building was originally the Farmers and Merchants State Bank. Over the years, as the plate-glass windows were broken out, those windows were boarded over. PAWNEE ROCK – 67567 My hometown of Pawnee Rock is on the hit list. One …
Roxbury Post Office
Roxbury Post Office, Roxbury. McPherson County.
St. Lucia
In Lindsborg, you’ll find St. Lucia, she of candles on her head and food on her plate, offering up light and sustenance through the dark winter. She’s a big girl. At least in Lindsborg. I hope St. Lucia comes to visit me, bearing light, on the Winter Solstice. I stopped in Lindsborg in July to …
Galva
U.S. 56 skirts the south edge of Galva. On one of my countless (OK, twelve) trips through Galva in late July, I drove into town to see what was shakin’. And I discovered a dandy new fire station on Main Street.
‘My Ruby Slippers’
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ‘MY RUBY SLIPPERS’ “I grew up in a family that was extremely mobile,” Tracy Seeley said. “We were a very unsettled family. And my parents weren’t from Kansas. I did most of my growing up in Wichita, but we never felt, really, as if we …
Hill Crest Motel
The motel is for sale. Hillsboro. That street used to be Highway 56 which ran through the heart of town. About 15-20 years ago, the highway was rerouted and it now skirts the north edge of Hillsboro.
Shaved Ice
In Ellinwood, an old Valentine Diner has recently been renovated to become this attractive summer snack shop. Until recently, it was the Ark Valley Veterinary Hospital. There are two Valentine Diners still in Ellinwood. Here’s a list of the ones still in existence in Kansas. They sell snow cones, ice cream and smoothies. Passing through …
My Tribe
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Kansas Poet Laureate MY TRIBE I spent a day with my tribe recently – a group of writers. Many of them were strangers to me, and yet in the company of other authors there’s an immediate nod of brotherhood, a thread of passion …