Author: Grace Muilenburg
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: Bradley R. Penka
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439646562
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Rush County, at the south end of Post Rock Country, was organized on December 5, 1874, and named in honor of Capt. Alexander Rush, Company H, of the 2nd Kansas Colored Infantry. The first settlers arrived in 1869 and established homesteads along Walnut Creek near the Fort HaysFort Dodge Trail. With few trees on the vast, dry prairie, settlers searched for alternative building materials. Post Rock, a unique limestone bed that sat within inches of the surface, was so well used and became such a curiosity that it gave rise to the Post Rock Museum in 1963.

Author: James H. Locklear
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700636412
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Gathering its waters from the plains of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska, the Kaw is truly America’s prairie river; the only one to arise entirely on the Great Plains and traverse all three major grasslands—shortgrass, mixed-grass, and tallgrass prairies. James Locklear’s In the Country of the Kaw is a joyous exploration of the realm of the Kaw River, which stretches from the High Plains of Colorado to the Kansas City metropolitan area. The book’s first section profiles geology, landforms, and the region’s woodlands and grasslands. The second explores the rich biological diversity associated with the land and its inhabitants’ remarkable adaptations to the environment and each other. The final section is a collection of stories of human interaction with the landscape, how nature has shaped culture and culture nature. Locklear finds “astonishments” at every turn. In the Country of the Kaw is also a call to seek the flourishing of the natural and human communities of the region. Locklear describes staggering, human-wrought environmental degradations, but also finds great hope in the resilience of Nature and the inspiring work of conservation, preservation, restoration, and renewal being accomplished by individuals and organizations throughout the region. Locklear’s relationship with the country of the Kaw stretches from his childhood in Kansas City in the 1960s to his current professional life as a botanist working in the Great Plains. A half century of rambling and rooting around in this region has given him a deep awe and affection for its uniqueness and goodness, which he conveys to the reader on every page.

Author: David E. Procter
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742537033
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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How does community arise in and exist through communication? Blending theory and case studies, Civic Communion looks at community-building in rural America and how civic-minded people come together through a variety of ways, such as hosting and attending festivals, addressing conflict, planning the community, and maintaining heritage museums. David E. Procter's insightful work reveals a specific and significant form of community 'talk' that serves to build and sustain community.

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Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1434976939
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Publisher: PediaPress
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 463

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Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 582

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A reissue of a 1939 guide to Kansas compiled as part of the Federal Writers' Project during the Depression years, providing information not only about the attractions of the state, but serving as a cultural chronicle of an earlier time.

Author: Laura M. Balster
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1496929721
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165

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A scandalous marriage in a small town, in 1924, is both a love story and a ghost story. Based in Lucas, Kansas, this fictionalized account relates the story of Lucas residents, Samuel and Emma Dinsmoor.

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Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Tampa Bay Magazine is the area's lifestyle magazine. For over 25 years it has been featuring the places, people and pleasures of Tampa Bay Florida, that includes Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. You won't know Tampa Bay until you read Tampa Bay Magazine.

Author: Paul Hegarty
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1441114807
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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A brilliant new survey and intelligent exploration of progressive rock, from its origins through to contemporary artists. Nicely illustrated, it includes rare photos of artists like Kate Bush and Genesis.