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2) Osborne County, Kansas scenic & heritage backways: eleven tours for explorers who dare to do dirt
Author
Publisher
V. Rothenberger]
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Eleven self-guided tours of the north central Kansas Osborne County. Itineraries include cemeteries, little-known communities and ghost towns, and locations related to frontier literature, such as works by John Ise and Howard Ruede.
Author
Publisher
Covert Creek Press
Language
English
Description
Rare and long-forgotten, the gems found in this work have been previously known to only a privileged and lucky few. These informative sketches, essays, and stories were penned by men and women who lived in Northern Kansas during that vibrant settlement period of Great Plains history from the 1870s to the 1920s. The narratives presented here, many in print for the first time in well over a hundred years, allow us to experience in detail the daily life...