Fort Dodge, Kansas

Fort Dodge, Kansas

This postcard was postmarked in 2022.

 

Planeview, The Miracle City, Kansas

National Postcard Week
May 3 - 9, 2015

Planeview
The Miracle City, Kansas
Established 1943

During World War II, housing for those who came to Wichita to work at the airplane plants became critical, and government housing was built for the duration of the war.  This postcard documents Planeview, built in 1943, southeast of Hillside and Pawnee for Boeing employees.  On east Harry and Oliver the Hilltop Manor housing was constructed, and on east Douglas between Rock Road and Webb, the Beechwood area was also developed.

The art for this card was done by Rick Geary.  It is number 168 in a limited edition of 500 and is signed by Hal Ottaway. 

Kansas Sunflowers for International Postcard Week

Greetings from Kansas!

International Postcard Week
October 5 - 11, 2014

Photo by Dana Nicole Moyer

The sender writes,
I thought this photo best represented the region that I live in.  Kansas is known as the "Sunflower State", and it is not uncommon to see sunflower fields like this one in our area.
<3
Dana

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Oh sunflower! The queen of all flowers,
No other with you can compare,
The roadside and fields are made golden
Because of your bright presence there.
"An Ode to the Kansas Sunflower," Ed Blair, 1901

Agriculture and a Coal Mine in Kansas (For War Industries)

An air view of the patchwork pattern that is agricultural Kansas.  From this state comes food for the nation, its armed forces and allies, meat, poultry, eggs, dairy products, cereals, vegetables, fruits and many industrial crops.  In fact, livestock is a greater source of Kansas farm income that is wheat.

This card furnished servicemen in Kansas by the Kansas Industrial Development Commission, Topeka, Kansas

The stamp box reads: Service-men's mail free, otherwise one cent.
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Viewing a Kansas strip coal mine from the top of a giant electric shovel.  Both strip and shaft methods mine an average of more than 3 million tons of Kansas coal per year for war industries.

This card furnished servicemen in Kansas by the Kansas Industrial Development Commission, Topeka, Kansas

The stamp box reads: Service-men's mail free, otherwise one cent.

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Although both of these postcards are unused, I am pretty sure they are from 1915.  There is a divided back, so they are after 1907, but there is no white border on the front. During World War 1 a white border was added to most postcards to save on ink.  So this these are probably from early 1915 in preparation of joining WWI. 

Kiowa Chief Satanta, Made with a Tractor by Stan Herd

Satanta
Stan Herd created this earth-sculpture of Kiowa chief Satanta on a quarter-section of land using a tractor and disc-harrow.  The portrait was produced near Jetmore, Kansas, 16 miles north of Dodge City.  Satanta, a signer of the Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty in 1867, was known as the "Orator of the Plains."

Photograph by Tim Wenzl, 1981.

This postcard is unused. 

Kansas State Capitol Building in Topeka

Kansas State Capitol, Topeka, Kansas

The sender writes (types):
June 18, 1953
Greetings from this fine city, the Capital of Kansas, where we have spent several very interesting days.  Tomorrow we expect to start on our return trip, via # 40, and hope to see you'ns in a few days.

This is postmarked in 1953 with a 2 cent stamp.

USA stamp 1938

John Adams 1797-1801

2 cents

Dalton Gang, Dead, October 5, 1892

Kansas' Original Wild Bunch
The Dalton Gang Wiped Out! October 5, 1892

Kansas History
The Dalton Gang was wiped out October 5, 1892 when they tried to rob two banks simultaneously in Coffeyville, KS.  The only survivor was Emmett Dalton, insert, who served a prison term. The other four, left to right, were BIll Power, Bob Dalton, Grat Dalton, and Dick Broadwell, three of whom are buried in Coffeyville.  Four citizens "The dalton Defenders" were killed defending the town.  The Dalton Museum in Coffeyville and the Dalton Gang Hideout Museum in Meade, KS both contain artifacts and historical information on the infamous gang.

Photo by the Kansas State Historial Society (should be Historical)

This unused postcard from 2013.

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The Dalton Gang, also known as The Dalton Brothers, was a family of both lawmen and outlaws in the American Old West during 1890–1892. They specialized in bank and train robberies. They were related to the Younger brothers, who rode with Jesse James, though they acted later and independently of the James-Younger Gang. The three Dalton brothers involved in the gang were Gratton "Grat" Dalton (born 1861), Bob Dalton (born 1869), and Emmett Dalton (born 1871). A fourth brother, William M. "Bill" Dalton (1866–1894), also had a career as an outlaw, but operated as a member of the Wild Bunch. (There were 15 Daltons in the family, two died in infancy)

How the gang started:

Frank Dalton was the oldest of the brothers and kept the others on their good behavior. He was a Deputy US Marshal and his brothers had ridden with him in posses. Frank Dalton was killed when he was tracking a horse thief in the Oklahoma Territory. Dalton and another deputy marshal located the fugitive with his companions on November 27, 1887, and attempted to arrest him. The outlaws resisted, and Dalton was shot dead. Two of the outlaws were killed, and Dalton's companion was wounded. The wanted horse thief escaped capture. On December 3, the remaining outlaws were located and second gunfight took place. Deputy U.S. Marshal Ed Stokley shot and killed the horse thief, but was himself fatally wounded.

Following in their brother's footsteps, the remaining brothers — Grat, Bob, and Emmett — became lawmen. In 1890, however, after not being paid money owed them for their work, the brothers became outlaws themselves. Bob Dalton had already killed his first man when he was just 19. Deputy Marshal Dalton claimed the killing was in the line of duty. However, some noted that the dead man had been a rival for a woman. In March 1890, Bob Dalton was charged with bringing liquor into the Indian Territory. He jumped bail and did not appear for his trial. In September 1890, Grat was arrested for stealing horses — a capital offense — but either the charges were dropped or he was released. Discredited as lawmen, the Daltons soon formed their first gang.

Pony Express Statue in Kansas and U.S. Route 36

Discover Kansas' Best from East to West
Pony Express statue at Marysvile, Kansas
Photos: Rick Metzger

postmarked in 2013 with two stamps, one for 32 cents (Aloha) and one for 1 cent (Tiffany Lamp)

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The Pony Express was a mail service delivering messages and mail from St. Joseph, Missouri across the Great Plains, over the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Sacramento, California by horseback, using a series of relay stations. During its 18 months of operation, it reduced the time for messages to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to about ten days.  From April 3, 1860 to October 1861, it became the West's most direct means of east–west communication before the telegraph was established and was vital for tying the new state of California with the rest of the country.

The Pony Express was a mail delivery system of the Leavenworth and Pike's Peak Express Company of 1849 which in 1850 became the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company.

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The route started at St. Joseph, Missouri on the Missouri River, it then followed what is modern day US 36 (as seen in the above postcard) – the Pony Express Highway – to Marysville, Kansas, where it turned northwest following Little Blue River to Fort Kearny in Nebraska.

 

Kansas Hi-Ways by Rick Geary

Kansas Hi-Ways

(that is one High - highway)

This is a Rick Geary Postcard (he autographed it for me too ;-)

You can see more of his amazing work here... www.rickgeary.com

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Kansas is known for many things - wheat, sunflowers and tornadoes!

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz tells the story of Dorothy getting caught in a Kansas tornado and landing in the Land of Oz.

Douglas Avenue Sculptures Series in Wichita, Kansas

Wichita
The Douglas Avenue Sculpture Series adorns the sidewalks of downtown Wichita, Kansas, adding a touch of humor, conversation, and special interest to driving through downtown Wichita.  Wichita is also known as the "Air Capitol of the World" because of its aircraft factories.

Artist: Georgia Gerber
Photos: John Avery

postmarked in 2011 with four great USA stamps (Lincoln-Douglas Debates 4 cents from 1958 - Navajo Jewelry 2 cents 2004 - Washington 20 cents 2011 - and USA 3 cent 'star' 2002)

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Placed in the late 1990's, there are 31 whimsical bronze sculptures by Washington artist Georgia Gerber on Douglas Avenue.

The largest sculpture is a recreation of a dimestore counter, placed in Lewis Reflection Square Park, which was once the site of a F. W. Woolworth store. Now some people sit at the counter and eat their lunches.

 

 

Metal Totems in Mullinville, Kansas

M.T. Liggett
Mullinville, KS
Metal Totems
Photo Steve Schultz 2000

When opinions are too strong for mere words, M. T. Liggett expresses himself with a torch and scrap metal.  Since retiring from the Air Force in 1989, he has lined the perimeter of his property along U.S. Highway 54 with hundreds of metal manifestos, many of them animated by the wind.  A sampling of his totems can bee seen at
The Grassroots Art Center, Lucas, KS 67648

postmarked with 6 great US stamps!

Harvesting Wheat in Kansas and Exaggeration Wheat Postcard

The way we Harvest Wheat.

Copyright 1909 by Martin Post Card Co.

postmarked in 1911 with a one cent stamp

the top left photo is how tall wheat is really supposed to grow...... 

Greetings from Kansas - The bread basket of the world - As the nation's largest producer of wheat, and a large producer of both gas and oil, Kansas is also famous for its cattle grazing country.
postmarked in 1983.

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