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Lyn in Pratt County Museum lobby near books for sale Pratt County lay alongside the south boundary of Isaac's homestead, and its ea...

Garden planted in the old chicken house foundation When Isaac arrived on the Kansas prairie in 1878 and staked his timber claim and hom...

Frances Willard Ask most Kansans to name the woman who led the crusade against liquor, and they will think of Carrie Nation and her ha...

One of my problems with history is organizing various historical events in my mind in relation to each other.  When I picture the wealthy w...

"I see dead people."  Of course, that famous movie line is from the 1999 movie, The Sixth Sense.   However, after 2 1/2 years wit...

Books whose titles were in Isaac's Library Most days the craft of writing is incredibly satisfying, but one night I experienced a s...

Isaac described the sandy loam soil of his claims as "light blow-sand," a description that would seem to indicate soil incapabl...

Near Isaac's homestead were two country cemeteries in use in the years before his death.  The nearest one was the Naron Cemetery ...

So disappointed that only one international visitor clicked on the "surprising" box below this week's post.  For the first tim...

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The Blog Fodder, an early follower of my blog, has sent this link showing annual drought patterns in the USA back to 1896! Those of you en...

"July was proving to be unusually hot, and rain was sorely needed.  The leaves on Isaac's potato plants were drying, even the on...

Because I have a great many international followers, I had hoped some of you might leave your comments to this week's post.  Whether you...

History has overtaken the Fenwick household!  After tolerating about two and a half years of my immersion in newspapers from the 1880s and ...

Isaac Beckley Werner was an accomplished carpenter, and he helped build the wood frame school house that served his prairie community.  H...

Most writers will tell you that their characters, fictional or real, will begin to inhabit their waking lives, even when they are not wri...