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Kansas Pioneer Encounters
Read more: Kansas Pioneer EncountersOne of the best research tools I’ve found for Kansas Pioneers has been Books of the Kansas Collection. Most of them are diaries written by pioneers. Some are stories passed along. All the ones I’ve come across have been very entertaining. The following excerpts come from one woman’s account. You can tell from her musings she…
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Kansas Rattlesnakes
Read more: Kansas RattlesnakesThen I had my first introduction to rattlesnakes. I was sitting in the door, and the children were playing just outside when I heard that horrible rattle. I did not have to be told what it was. I grabbed the children into the house and put them up on the bed, and took hold of…
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Rattlesnakes
Read more: RattlesnakesThe day before, a large rattlesnake, attracted by the genial warmth near the stove, had, without waiting for invitation, or being assured of a welcome, crawled in through a huge crack, and stretched out his three feet of length. With a scream or two on the part of the lady, and some dexterous and telling…