Elderhostel

Abilene Chase County Council Grove Elderhostel Emporia Flint Hills McPherson Prairie "Quiet" Towns Topeka Z-bar Ranch

Elderhostel

Ghost Towns, Springtime on the Prairie, Kansas Folklore

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas

May 7 - 12, 2006

 

our host
Emporia State University

 

their mascot

 

greetings from the University
Dr. Edward Butler, the Elderhostel Coordinator, on the left

 

dinner at the Best Western Motel

 

Dr. Tom Eddy tells about wild flowers

 

one of his slides

 

Dan Riggs tells us about Dunlap, a Ghost town

Photos of Chase County Ghost Towns

 

Ustaine Talley tells us of the Black community in Dunlap

 

tells stories of her relatives in the Dunlop graveyard used by many Blacks

 

her father's grave

 

the former Black Baptist church in Dunlap

 

in Dunlap

More Photos of the Ghost Towns

 

at Council Grove, Ron Parks tells us of the Kaw Indians

More Photos of Council Grove

 

remains of an Indian Agent office

 

monument to the Kaw (Kanza) Indians

 

Dr. Jim Hoy tells us the history of the Ghost Towns

Photos of the Ghost Towns

 

a polo game, putting apples in a basket

 

turtle race

 

visited the prairie open range

More Photos of the Prairie

 

the Z-bar ranch house

More Photos of the Z-Bar Ranch

 

a ghost town

More Photos of Ghost Towns

 

dined in Cassoday

 

the restaurant

 

the owner, Diane Carlson

 

and her helper, Debbie Hoy, an accomplished rodeo participant

 

after dinner we visited the Flint Hills primary school

 

could have won a quilt, if we had purchased raffle tickets

 

and stayed to hear a program on Prairie Grasses

 

         

click on the above to hear their songs

 

a new day and Tom Bridge tells us about the Ghost Town of Saffordville

 

Yvonne Allen tells us about Cedar Point

 

her brother runs the garage

 

Ruth Childs about Elmdale

 

and Maria Baumgardner has the store
(with Tom and Silvia Bridge)

More Photos of the Ghost Towns

 

the next day back at the University
Dr. Eddy tell us of the Tall Stem Grasses

More Photos of the Prairie

 

and Dr. Hoy of the Folklore and Songs

some short Video clips of excerpts from Kansas Folk songs 

"Kansas"

"Don't Fall in Love with a Kansas Boy"

"Kansas Land"

more "Kansas Land"

"Stern Old Bachelor"

"Drunkard's Lone Child"

Bronk Rider

 

at our graduation
Dr. Edward Butler presents Larry Smith and the Dulcimer he made


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