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We've been to some spooky places before, but the Lemp Mansion is up there with the spookiest.
Back in the early 2000's, Kathy and a girlfriend spent the night at the Mansion. They came back with one heck of a tale to tell.
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In the meantime, we're ready for scary times at Fort Alexander, protected by Dragons.
Enjoy this months Newsletter!
Dave and Kathy Alexander |
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Here are some of the recent additions since our last newsletter |
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The Ghost of Kennedy Hill Road: A Woman in White in Northern Illinois - (submitted by Thomas L. Vaultonburg) Every small town in America seems to have at least one road that acquires a different identity after dark. Byron, Illinois, is no exception.
Frontier History - By Ralph Henry Gabriel, 1929 - Contact with civilization almost universally brought the deterioration to the untamed children of the forest. Such was the case in the American Frontier.
California's Early History - By Ella M. Sexton, 1903 - A Spanish story written more than 600 years ago described California as an island rich in pearls and gold. Many early explorers believed these tales.
California's Indians - Early Indians of California, as told in Stories of California by Ella M. Sexton (1903).
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Kinsley, Kansas - Edwards County Seat - (Legends of Kansas) Kinsley, Kansas, is a city and the county seat of Edwards County. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 1,456, and it had 1.29 square miles.
Belvadier, Kansas - Ghostly in Kiowa County - (Legends of Kansas) Belvadier was first called Glick when it was established in Glick Township in Southeast Kiowa County. A post office opened on March 16, 1883.
Beersheba, Kansas - Lost Jewish Community - (Legends of Kansas) Beersheba, Kansas, in Hodgeman County, was the first of seven Jewish agricultural colonies founded in Kansas in the late 19th Century.
Belpre, Kansas - (Legends of Kansas) Belpre, Kansas, is a small town in Belpre Township of Edwards County. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 97.
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Springfield, Missouri, located in the Southwest part of the state, is the county seat of Greene County and the third-largest city in Missouri. Known as the "Queen City of the Ozarks" and the "Birthplace of Route 66," it is rich in history, including Native Americans, Civil War Battles, and the development of the Mother Road. |
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Route 66, America's Mother Road, celebrates its 100th anniversary on November 11. |
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Kiowa Chief Satanta – Orator of the Plains |
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In October of 1874, Kiowa Chief Satanta took his own life while being imprisoned in Texas. Known to his people as Set-Tainte, meaning "White Bear Person," Satanta was a great Kiowa warrior who later became the principal chief in the Kiowa Wars of the 1860s-1870s and was known as "The Orator of the Plains." |
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As a class, locomotive engineers are considered superstitious, but J.M. Pinckney, an engineer known to almost every Brotherhood man, is an exception. He has never been able to believe the stories told of apparitions suddenly appearing on the track. Still, last Sunday night, he had an experience on the Northern Pacific eastbound overland that made his hair stand on end. |
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It was “the war to end all wars.” Or at least that’s how World War I was viewed in November of 1918 when it was known simply as “The Great War.”
And it was on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 that fighting ended on the western front of the war through an armistice; A day which would eventually be remembered and recognized in the U.S. as Veterans Day. |
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Valentine, AZ, was established in 1898 when 660 acres were set aside for Native Americans. First called Truxton, the town and post office were renamed Valentine in 1910 after Robert G. Valentine, who served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1909 to 1912. (The town of Truxton to the northeast wasn't established until 1951.)
The National Old Trails Highway passed through Valentine in the 1910s, providing a steady flow of travelers. In 1926, this road would become Route 66.
Before I-40 bypassed this old stretch of the road in 1978, Valentine was home to several hundred residents. Today, the Valentine area is home to only about 36 people. However, relics of Valentine's better days can still be seen in the area, including old service stations and motels.
[image: In 1901, the two-story Truxton Canyon Training School was built to serve as a day school for the nearby Hualapai Indians and a boarding school for children of the Apache, Havasupai, Hopi, Mojave, Navajo, and Papago tribes. Photo by Kathy Alexander, 2015.] |
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His people knew this Lakota Sioux Chief as Spotted Elk / Uŋpȟáŋ Glešká.
He is thought to have been born around 1826, the son of Chief Lone Horn, and became chief of the Cheyenne River Reservation upon his father’s death. He died at Wounded Knee in 1890.
[image: Spotted Elk, a.k.a. Big Foot, headman of the Miniconjou Lakota, taken in 1888.] |
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On October 6, 1866, one of the first train robberies in America occurred when the Reno brothers boarded a passenger train in Indiana.
Train robberies were a distinctly American crime, seldom occurring in other nations. Although several robberies took place in Canada, Mexico, and South America, most of these crimes were thought to be perpetrated by American offenders. After the initial wave of post-Civil War robberies, they peaked in 1893-1894.
[image: Union Pacific Railroad Rangers around 1900. ] |
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Anthony, Kansas, started as a lone house on the prairie, then became a county seat built on railroads, salt, and a whole lot of frontier drama.
Take a look at the wild rise (and fall… and rise again) of Anthony, KS – Harper County Seat. More HERE
[image: Anthony, Kansas, in 1879 and today. ] |
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