The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant or as we know it from Sex in the Heartland, the Sunflower Ordnance Works was built in 1941. The plant is spread over nearly 11,000 acres. It is actually not within the Lawrence city limits, but is considered to be in De Soto. City commissioners at the onset of World [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Kansas Helping the War Efforts
Posted in Uncategorized on December 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Rules of the Eldridge
Posted in Uncategorized on December 3, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I found the below while looking on Kansas Memory*. It’s interesting to consider the fact that the Eldridge has been around as long as it has. This photo (taken from an index card of sorts given to tenants) lays out all of the codes that proprietors and tenants had to live by while dwelling inside [...]
Langston Hughes
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Must always be free to choose what he does, certainly, but must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.” This quote was stated by James Mercer Langston Hughes, a well known poet, revealing his experiences and memories of the 19th and 20th centuries.* Hughes, an African-American, used poetry to express his passion [...]
Extra Credit Blog Post: Watkins Museum
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The first thing that grabs your attention about the Watkins Museum is the remarkable architecture. The building size, shapes, angles, and color is unique to the area surrounding the Museum. The architecture on the inside of the building is just as impressive. The wood work is extraordinary. The crown molding and framing around the windows [...]
Big Well
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Before the E-5 tornado decimated the small south central town of Greensburg, Kansas in 2007 the town’s claim to fame was that it was the home of the World’s Largest Hand-Dug Well. The construction of the well began in 1887 and cost about $45,000. The well would serve as Greensburg’s water supply and would provide [...]
Leave It To Beaver
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Leave It To Beaver, the infamously cheesy sitcom began playing on network television in October of 1957 and acted as a segue between radio comedy and television sitcoms. Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, who had previously worked together at the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency in New York, created the iconic show. In 1942, Connelly [...]
The Watkins Community Museum of History (Extra Credit)
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As a student at KU, whenever I hear Watkins, the first thing that comes to mind is the place where no student wants to go, the student hospital. I finally have a different image in my head, when I hear the name Watkins. After touring Watkins Community Museum of History, and talking with a museum [...]
