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Main Street's Annual Auction was Nov. 1, 2007
707 Commercial - Emporia, KS
This wood spirit with the 150 years wood nickel was donated for the auction. |
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In the collection of
Barb
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All pictures and everything
in blue are hyperlinked on this page,
as well as all of the other pages within this web site.
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Throughout this web site, I have shared several topics and phases of
interest about Emporia, Kansas, USA. Emporia is a very positive
city with much history, many sites and signs of exuberant
ambition. We are very happy to be a part of such a progressive
community and enjoy sharing the history, the sites and the many signs of
progress with everyone. We moved here in 2002 when we retired, and
feel that this is truly our home. Although I have shared several
web sites and links with you as you have gone through the pages of my
web site,
I would like to share some other web sites that describes Emporia in so
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One of the most informative and interesting web sites that
originates in Emporia, is
Flyover People. This site is
designed by a husband and wife team - Dave Leiker and Cheryl Unruh.
The web has been designed by Dave and the text is by Cheryl. The
photography is by both, Cheryl and Dave. Cheryl
is a commentator
for
Kansas Public Radio and
for the Emporia Gazette. You
can click on the title of each of
Cheryl's Commentary's
and read them in full, or you can listen to
Cheryl read
her own commentary's on the radio. Dave is
a professional photographer and he is the Web & Electronic Media
Manager for USD 253.
This web site contains Daily News -
something new about Emporia or some place in Kansas every day. It
allows for comments and has separate links for a wide variety of
Discussion Topics. The Discussion Member List includes people from
many states and other countries. The links that are available through this web site
are numerous. We are very fortunate to have Cheryl and Dave in our
community contributing so much to so many people. They are very
dedicated and consistent with their talents - all on their own time and
expense.
You will notice that many of the links below came from
Flyover People and have been printed by permission
from Cheryl Unruh and Dave Leiker
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One of our favorite and most impressive links is the tour of the
Kansas State Capitol
in Topeka.
The photography and
tour was presented by Dave Leiker on Flyover People.
We hope you will take the time to tour
our State Capitol.
More Topeka Attractions
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Emporia,
Kansas
Emporia - "Outdoor Life" - Top Towns for Hunters
and Anglers Destination
Emporia was listed by Outdoor Life
magazine as one of the top towns for Hunters and Anglers to live.
Out of 200 towns, Emporia came in at No. 115, one of only three Kansas
towns to make the list.
(Dodge City - No. 108 and Junction
City - No. 147)
Outdoor Life Magazine - Top 200 Towns for
Outdoorsman - page 6
Map of Emporia
Preston Plumb - One of the Founder's of Emporia
An Overview of Emporia
Emporia Gazette
Emporia Photos - Flyover People
Relocating to Emporia?
Emporia On Line
Emporia Public Library
(Oldest
Library in the State of Kansas)
Lyon County Historical Society
Emporia Chamber of Commerce
Emporia's Progress
Emporia's Recreation and Sports
Emporia Community Resources Directory
Explore Emporia in Photos
More About Emporia
Emporia's Uncle: The Poet Laureate of American
Democracy
by Roger Heineken
on Flyover People
All about William Allen White
"I am not
afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today." William
Allen White
"Liberty is the only thing you cannot have
unless you are willing to give it to others."
-William Allen White
"As a writer of
terse, forcible, vigorous prose, he was unsurpassed.
He ennobled the profession of journalism."
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
About William Allen White
"What's the Matter with Kansas?" William
Allen White's Famous Editorial
- Published Aug. 15, 1896
While waiting for train to take
him to Colorado on vacation, William Allen White and a local Populist
became engaged in a street corner debate about the McKinley-Bryan
campaign for President. The Populist movement was strong in Kansas
in the 1880's and 1890's, and sprang mainly
from the frustrations of farmers and laborers. Its leaders
promised to empower poor farmers and workers and improve their financial
condition. On that August day in 1896, a group of Populists
surrounded the chubby editor and poked him with a small stick.
When he broke away, he waddled furiously to his office and dashed off
1,140 angry words for the next edition under the headline "What's the
Matter with Kansas?" It was a conservative Republican's diatribe
against the populist Part of Kansas, and it rocketed him to national
prominence.
This article was reprinted in newspapers in Chicago and New York, where
it caught the eye of Mark Hanna, Republican National Chairman.
He had it reprinted as a flier, and hundreds of thousands of copies
circulated throughout the country.
It gave the Republican Party a theme for the presidential campaign, and
its candidate, William McKinley, won the 1896 election,
When White returned from vacation, he found himself a national figure,
in demand for speaking engagements across the country.
The lasting effect for White was that he established national contacts
which kept him in intimate touch with political leaders and affairs.
He helped draft many Republican platforms. He became an advisor to
Presidents and Congressmen, and he visited the White House often.
William Allen White's Pulitzer Prize Editorial -
"To an Anxious Friend" -
Won Pulitzer Prize in
1923
As an advocate of fair reporting, and well-thought-out opinion, he was
less tolerant of the brash young journalist."
After meeting and becoming friends with Theodore
Roosevelt, White moderated his conservative views. He became one
of the staunchest supporters of the progressive wing of the Republican
Party, which promoted reforms regulating the profits American business
owners might earn, and favored the enforced breakup of many industrial
monopolies.
In 1922, White faced arrest and a possible jail sentence due to a public
argument about labor rights and free speech with then governor of Kansas
Henry Allen. White wrote, To an Anxious Friend, after the charges
against him were dropped.
An indication of his changed views was exemplified by this editorial
in support of striking Kansas railroad workers. A passionate
defense of free speech in troubled times, "To An Anxious Friend" won
White a Pulitzer Prize for journalism.
William
Allen White - Free Speech
About William Lindsay White - Only Son of William
Allen White
William Lindsay White followed in his father's
journalistic footprints. Famous as a war correspondent, roving
editor for The Reader's Digest and author of books, including the best
sellers "A Journey for Margaret" and "They were Expendable",
"Young Bill" took over the help of the Emporia Gazette after his
father's death.
William Lindsay White - Book Review
"Mary White" - Another Famous Editorial of William
Allen White
- Published May 17, 1921
Mary White, daughter of William Allen
White and his wife, Sallie White. Mary was killed in a horseback
riding accident in 1921 at the age of 16. Only a brief notice
appeared in the Gazette that day, but a few days later White poured out
his grief in a touching editorial eulogy which became a classic.
Chris Walker White - Great Grandson of William
Allen White - Present Editor of The Emporia Gazette
The newspaper remains a publication of the
White Corporation over 100 years after White purchased it in 1895.
It was operated by his granddaughter and her husband, Barbara and David
Walker, then in 1995 his great grandson, Christopher White Walker,
joined the Gazette staff as assistant publisher and now serves as editor
and publisher.
The exterior of the building has been remodeled through the years, yet
the character of the building and newspaper remain intact, and White's
presence is still found within. Visitors are welcome to browse in
a small museum of old newspaper printing equipment inside.
Emporia Gazette and Museum
Editorial by William Allen White - "To Pardon a
Wife Beater" - First Published in The Emporia Gazette - Dec. 1, 1906
The Emporia Weekly
Gazette - 29 Nov. 1906 - had the following article in it.
"Mary E. Mayes has filed suit for divorce from her husband, J. R. Mayes.
She alleges cruelty and abuse. She asks for the care of the three
children, two boys and a girl, ranging in ages from 4 to 11. She asks
for the household goods, attorney’s fees, and the $125 which is in the
hands of Connell & Roberts. They held a mortgage on a team of May’s
which they foreclosed lately. The team was sold, and she claims the
money over the mortgage amounted to $125."
Also, there was a small article in the same paper
"A petition is being circulated by Charles
Grimmett asking that Joe Mayes be pardoned from the county jail, where
he is serving out a ninety day sentence for wife beating. His wife
has institute divorce proceeding against him."
Two
days later, William Allen White wrote his Editorial - "To Pardon
a Wife Beater".
The Emporia Weekly Gazette - 14 Feb. 1907 - had
an Obituary for J. R. Mayes.
He had committed suicide by taking carbolic acid, on Feb. 10, 1907.
The obituary is in the Discussion of Flyover People
Click on
WAW on Domestic Violence 1906 and
scroll down to the bottom to
"Emporia Weekly Gazette .
William Allen White's Editorial's
Books by William Allen White
Quotes by William Allen White
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Although William
Allen White never achieved an academic degree, he was awarded honorary
degrees from ten colleges, namely the College of Emporia, Washburn
University, Baker University, Columbia University, Oberlin College,
Brown University, Northwestern University, Knox College, Beloit College
and Harvard University.
He received a Pulitzer Prize for the editorial,
"To An Anxious Friend," and another posthumously for the Autobiography
of William Allen White.
Also after his death, the University of Kansas,
Lawrence, named its journalism school "The William Allen White School of
Journalism".
In 1996, a panel of 15 state experts placed him
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William Allen White Family Life & Times
William Allen White's 1924 Gubernatorial Campaign
William Allen White - A Kansas Portrait
William Allen White - One of the Truly Great
Americans
William Allen White - A Kansas Treasure
William Allen White - Press Room
William Allen White - Home for Tourists
William Allen White - By Michael Gartner (Editor &
Publisher) - Oct., 1999
Happy Birthday 140th Birthday
William Allen White - Feb. 10,
1868
Dedication for the William Allen White Home - Red
Rocks
State
Historic Site
Reflections - William Allen White
The White House - Flyover People
White Memorial Park -
Flyover People
Book Review "From Emporia - The Story of William
Allen White" - by Tracy "Inside My Head"
About the Author - Beverley Olson Buller
More about the author - Beverley Olson Buller
About the Author of "From Emporia - The Story of
William Allen White" - Beverley Olson Buller - by Cheryl Unruh
"From Emporia" - Emporia Gazette
White Story - Hutchinson News
William Allen White "Emporia's Favorite Son" - Commentary by Cheryl
Unruh
About Mary White
Emporia Journal: Where Eloquence Seems a
Birthright - New York Times
The William Allen White in All Her Glory
B-29 Named in Honor of William Allen White
B-29 Bombers Proud of World War II Service
The B-29 Crew visits W. A. White House - Flyover
People
B-29 Legacy - Flyover People
Cheryl's commentary "The Victory Lap"
Veterans/Authors/White
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THE WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE MEMORIAL DRIVE
Emporia, Kansas
The Memorial Drive was established
in 1955 by the William Allen White Emporia Memorial Foundation
"in an attempt to pay (White) back for his contributions to community
pride."
William Allen White House State
Historic Site
927 Exchange
William Allen White Elementary
School
902 Exchange St.
William Allen White Memorial Library
ESU, Corner of 12th Ave. and Merchant St.
White Memorial Park
6th Ave. & Merchant St.
The Emporia Gazette
517 Merchant St.
William Allen White Bust and
Memorial
Peter Pan Park - South Rural St. & Kansas Ave. |
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Ahh . . . . .
Posted on Flyover People by Cheryl Unruh
“But to stand about the
center of this section of prairie and to look
and breathe!
I think that if I did this often I would sprout
wings.”
William A. Quayle in “The
Prairie and the Sea.” 1905
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Kansas State Flag
and
Great Seat of Kansas |
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Click on
Kansas . . . . . . .
The Sunflower State
(Listen to Home on the Range)
We are very proud of
the above
Web Site
as it came from our own,
Morton County Library
Elkhart, KS
(Our home for 32 years)
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The Kansas Flag
The Kansas flag consists of a dark blue field with the state seal in the
center. A sunflower on a bar of twisted gold lies above the seal, and
below the seal is the word "Kansas". The seal contains a landscape that
includes a rising sun, representing the east; and a river and steamboat,
representing commerce. In the foreground, a settler's cabin and a man
plowing a field represent agriculture. A wagon train heads west and
buffalo are seen fleeing from two Indians. Around the top of the seal is
a cluster of 34 stars. The state motto appears above the stars.
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Motto:
Ad astra per aspera To
the stars through difficulties
Flower: Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
State Bird: Western Meadowlark
State Animal - Buffalo
State Amphibian - Barred Tiger Salamander
State Symbol - The Jayhawker
State Insect - Honey Bee
Song: Home on the
Range
Tree: Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
Library: Blue Skyways -
Kansas State Library
Area:
82282 sq.mi, 15th Land 81823 sq. mi., 13th Water 459 sq.mi., 43rd
Economy:
Agriculture:
Cattle, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, hogs, corn.
Industry:
Transportation equipment, food processing,
printing and publishing, chemical products, machinery,
apparel, petroleum, mining.
Geographic Center:
Barton, 15 miles northeast of
Great Bend
Highest Point:
Mt. Sunflower;
4039 feet, 28th
Lowest Point:
Verdigris River; 680 feet,
43rd
Nickname:
Sunflower State
Origin of state's name:
From the Sioux Indian for
"south wind people"
Population:
Quick facts
2,688,418; 32nd, 12/00
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The Great Seal of the
State of Kansas
In the picture of the
state seal are thirty-four stars representing the order of statehood.
Above the stars is the motto "To the Stars Through Difficulties". On the
seal a sunrise overshadows a farmer plowing a field near his log cabin,
a steamboat sailing the Kansas River, a wagon train heading west and
Native Americans hunting bison. The Flag was adopted in 1927.
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"The American Moderator" by Wayward Son
"White was an optimist and a champion of the U.S. Constitution, particularly the 1st Amendment."
Roger Heineken
William Allen White Statue - Kansas State Capitol
Photo by Dave Leiker - Flyover People