The 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry appeared at the Howe House last Sunday. That’s Lane Ryno of Emporia playing the drum. Tom Schmidt of Peabody tells me how much it costs to outfit an infantryman like Darren Biggs. About a thousand bucks goes into his uniform and equipment.
barnyard animals
A family meets Danny the turkey…and Buttermilk the goat at the Howe House last Sunday. Jim and Marilyn Wallace of Lebo brought a barnyard full of animals to the “Step Back in Time” event.
The Tom
Bow-tie Tom (Haskett) was dressed up at the Howe House on Sunday. Didn’t wear his tails this year like he did in 2004…
Churning Butter
At the Howe House on Sunday, Al Slappy spins the wheel, turning whipping cream into butter. Arthur Lorick, churning butter. The butter didn’t turn out so well. They churned and churned for two hours and maybe the cream got too warm. Both of these men are active members in the Emporia Eastside Community Group, the …
time travel
At Howe House Sunday, some kids looked like they stepped right out of the 1860s.
Tallgrass Express String Band
Yesterday at the Howe House’s living history event, the Tallgrass Express String Band provided lively music. With permission from the group, Dave has added one of their tunes to his slide show (which you may have already seen.)
a friendly turkey
At today’s “Step Back in Time” event at the Howe House in Emporia, Jim and Marilyn Wallace of Lebo brought some of their barnyard animals. This is Danny, a Royal Palm turkey. Walk up to him and he may scoot. He prefers to approach you. Marilyn didn’t raise him, but she said that he was …
Living History
This Sunday, Oct. 7, at the Howe House, 315 E. Logan Ave., Step Back in Time. See history in action from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. FREE! It’s FREE!* *Although there is a small fee for the wagon rides and a chuck wagon meal is $8.00 315 E. Logan Ave in Emporia. I think …
Flint Hills Geology
Saturday morning, Rex Buchanan and Bob Sawin of the Kansas Geological Survey led about 30 people on a geology hike at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City. Rex Buchanan is the associate director for public outreach for the Kansas Geological Survey; Bob Sawin is a research associate for the geology extension. The KGS …
Columbus
I’ve showed you this courthouse, the one with the fountain in front, but here it is from another angle. Columbus is the county seat of Cherokee County. Let’s see, Christopher Columbus was headed for the West (?) Indies … and he found Cherokee County. Pretty close. This is the south-eastern-most county in Kansas. It’s down …
Blog-o-versary
Three years ago today (June 25, 2004), Dave and I began the Flyover People website. Dave is the computer genius behind FOP. He built the site and then patiently taught me how to add text and photos and additional pages. Three years. Hundreds thousands of photos. Hundreds thousands of posts. Thousands of miles on the …