Kansas
Nicodemus Part 1: Into the Land of Smoking Holes
Dugout: aka “smoking hole”
(Kansas State Historical Society Photo)
“9 MONTHS OF SUMMER” the hand bills promised the freed slaves during the Reconstruction Period. All they had to do was travel west to stake their claim. When they showed up, they found smoking holes. Click here for the fascinating story of Nicodemus, Kansas….
Coyote Mummy in a Kansas Schoolhouse
Serpent life at the bottom of the Lost Sea
Outside Phillipsburg, Kansas
This week, from the base of Lone Butte in Logan County, Kansas, I speak with DG Martin, host of “Who’s Talking”. The program airs Thursday, October 30 2008. Click here to go to the Appearances page where you’ll find air times….
If you missed the radio show, or live outside DG’s Chapel Hill, NC broadcast area, click here to get a podcast of the visit…
Mummy-eyed
South of Logan, Kansas
Boo! This Halloween, straight from the Lost Sea Expedition mule wagon, we’re bringing you a mummified creature, an abandoned school house, and a guy named Dave. Click here to listen to a spooky Great Plains mummy story….
How to Cook a Prairie Rattlesnake
Step 1: Uncoil snake
Hays, Kansas
Hungry? Then click here to listen to Marvin Pfannenstiel fry up a Kansas rattler…
Fossil Posts and Lawyers
Terry Gottschalk
Logan, Kansas
This week on RiverEarth.com, Kansas fence builder Terry Gottschalk explains two-wire Angus cattle, car crash lawyers and fossil-embedded fenceposts. Confused? Click here to listen why you should consider five-strand fence in this country….
