Kansas

I spent my first 12 yrs in KS(ElDorado),so I kinda have a soft,warm place in my heart for Kansas.still got quite a bit of family there yet.ElDorado,Burns,Marion,Cottonwood Falls

Spent many days in the 70"s up to the early 80"s working on a co-workers families hay and cattle operation in the Emporia area. Drove back and forth to the gulf coast for our regular job. Our oldest daughter was born there in 79, one of the few times my wife was able to come because she worked at the time. Would have moved to Kansas but had family obligations.

I don"t know how Allen is doing to the North, but out here is Western KS we are in the midst of a terrible dry spell. I know this to shall pass, but at this rate we will not have a wheat crop if moisture does not come soon.

Left Kansas for duty in the U S Navy in July 1951. From Jackson co Holton area.

It's a few degrees above zero this morning...
Heatwave!

I have family in Syracuse. Go out there every couple of years, pheasant hunting. Seems like the cold wind cuts right through you, till a cock bird gets up. Always find a few bobwhites around the Arkansas river. Mark

(quoted from post at 22:53:31 01/12/11) I spent my first 12 yrs in KS(ElDorado),so I kinda have a soft,warm place in my heart for Kansas.still got quite a bit of family there yet.ElDorado,Burns,Marion,Cottonwood Falls

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Been in Kansas since 55'...unique state..lots of agriculture, aerospace, energy production. But the thing I love best?

The country women....a no nonsense outdoor beauty unsurpassed. But you gotta get them before they go to the citys... :lol:

For some reason what I like to do I don't like to do on a mornining like this in Kansas. Zero or below with stockcows to hay, 8 to 10 of snow everywhere, and see if I can get the frozen water back to liquid form.

I had a 1st cousin that married a guy from Kansas. His name was Dale Bennet. (now deceased) Are there any Bennet's left?

I grew up in Ness County (western part of state) and now live in Reno County.

I went to Greer Tech in Chicago to learn auto mechanics, and spent a stint in the Army courtesy of the draft. Also a year living and working in Missouri. The rest of my life has been in Kansas.

Being 400 miles wide Kansas is rather diverse. Where I am now seems to have sort of a micro climate and gets neither the ice nor snow that nearby areas receive.

To me the south central portion of the state is nearly ideal. Plenty of moisture, about 40" with reasonable humidity. Any further east and the humidity is uncomfortable during the summer.

We have a long growing season which is wonderful for gardening.

People here are still friendly although people don't wave at each other as they do in the western part of the state.

Yep, Kansas is a pretty good place. Sesquicentennial anniversary is this month. A special stamp is being issued, a forever stamp so buy lots.

How many realize that Kansas Territory used to go all the way west to the Rocky Mountains with Denver being in K.T. before Colorado? I always snicker when I see bumper stickers that say Native of Colorado. My ancestors were there in 1858--can I lay claim too? Great grandfather is listed in the K.T. 1860 census--Arapahoe County.

Viewing the old maps at the link below is really an eye opener. Example, K.T. wasn't always Kansas.
Maps courtesy of Wichita State University.

I was born in MI, but after living in several states, my dad "dropped anchor" near Topeka when I was 8. Needless to say, after living on a ranch in Montana with the Musselshell River in the front yard, and the Crazy Woman Mountains in the back, I was unimpressed. I was convinced I wanted to leave as soon as I could, and I did. Left Manhattan and the Flint Hills immediately upon graduation from Kansas State University for the vast desolation that is Odessa, TX. Suddenly, the Flint Hills were the Garden of Eden in comparison and I certainly missed being close to family. Texas was good for my family and we stayed 8 years, but moved back a little over a year and a half ago. Although I miss the close friends we made in Texas, I haven't regretted it. There is definitely something to be said about small town, agriculture-centered, Midwest values. I guess home really is where you make it.

Nothin but a bunch of Jayhawkers!! Just kidding, I know and work with plenty of good people from Kansas.

The Flint Hills are truly God's country.