The Allen County Historical Society will take a look back at the 1951 flood, which devastated much of the state, including Allen County. The occasion is the Historical Society’s annual meeting, which begins at 6:30…

This time last year, Lynda Fort got cabin fever. As a way to pass the time, she started driving along the Santa Fe Trail, beginning in Marion County and ending up in Rice County. It…

50 Years Ago By one measure, Iola is $1 million in the hole, Jerry Bratten, district extension forester, told a group of Iolans last night. Bratten and another extension agent from Kansas State University conducted…

Dr. Kelly Woestman, a professor of history at Pittsburg State University, is the guest speaker for a “Remembering 9/11’ presentation Friday at Allen Community College. Woestman specializes in 20th century U.S. history and family history.…

The blazing sun was beginning to blast the summer air as I shambled down the streets of Sedan in Chautauqua County, half asleep. I’m the polar opposite of a morning person, but sleeping in a…

In the spring of 1873, young Billy Toll was driving cattle past the Bender Inn in Labette County, on his way to Sunday School, when he noticed the place looked deserted. His suspicions were confirmed…

FORT SCOTT — Historic Fort Scott is getting high-tech treatment, thanks to Adam Wiewel and his team from the Midwest Archeology Center in Lincoln, Neb., who’ve been surveying the site for the past two weeks.…

“America, probably because it is the most civilized place in the world, is the most dangerous.” Such was the observation by adventurer/film-maker Martin Johnson during his final interview, not long before perishing in a tragic…

The ground was swampy and saturated the afternoon I wandered Mine Creek Battlefield near Mound City. Though I cursed mud aloud, I soon realized how appropriate it was, as conditions were similar on Oct. 25,…

Monotonous … The plains perfectly still as the clock strikes slowly. Such was early life at Fort Scott for most soldiers, who were cranky from living in tents, and with only the occasional prostitute or…