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Forestry, Fish & Game in Eisenhower Bldg I previously shared Isaac Werner's affection for wild birds.  (Isaac & his ...

Judging the sheep at the Ks St Fair  Kansas is best known for several things--Cowboys and Indians, being the Sunflower State, Dorothy ...

In 1888 times worsened for farmers like Isaac Werner, and he wrote in his journal that farmers needed to use their heads as well as their...

While doing research about Isaac B. Werner and his community in the late 1800s, I discovered an article in the County Capital advertising ...

Isaac's design for a new Hennery After designing an incubator from a wooden coffee box for his first flock of chickens, (See blog ...

On March 28, 1885, Isaac wrote in his journal:  "[Doc Dix]...brought coffee boxes down for making incubator."  It was the first o...

As the New Year opened in 1891, Isaac Werner had struggled on his farm since 1878, and after a few years of good prices for crops, Isaac fo...

Wild turkey and pheasant at Forestry, Fish & Game Museum Isaac Werner loved wild birds.  He not only used the flights of ducks and ...

When I was a girl, I often heard my father refer to "the Dick's Place," at least, that is what I thought he was saying.  As I...

  "The First Battle" by William Jennings Bryan, pub. 1896 Our small hometown is very fortunate to have a wonderful public lib...

1890 Political Cartoon from the County Capital During the People's Party movement of the late 1800s one of the most politically div...

 Isaac's arm stabilizer  The margins of Isaac's journal contain many sketches of his ideas for improving or inventing mac...

Roadside Kansas Sunflower   Having shared the information about commercially grown sunflowers and their history in last week's ...