April 1, 2021
Tonganoxie Community Historical Society Museum
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Remember When: A Community Review for June 22, 2022
The Tonganoxie Library staff and volunteers kicked off their summer reading program, 97 Bazillion ways to read, on Wednesday, June 18. A total of 97 young people are registered in the program this year.
Remember When: A Community Review for May 25, 2022
Recently the Kansas Corporate Commission directed Southwestern Bell Telephone to introduce 785 as a new area code in Kansas, beginning on Oct. 1, 1998. Tonganoxie will remain in the 913 area code.
History Camp starts June 6 at Tonganoxie Community Historical Society campus
Do you know any young people going into grades 4, 5 or 6 this fall who are curious about history? Would they be intrigued by examining actual surgical tools used in the mid-1800s? Who lived in this part of Kansas then? What happened in Kansas from the mid-1850s to shortly after the Civil War? How did the Civil War impact this part of Kansas? Who were the Buffalo Soldiers? Would they like to meet with (re-enactors of) Buffalo Soldiers and Civil War soldiers and ask them about their lives?
Remember When: A Community Review for May 11, 2022
With improvements to an office on the northeast corner of the Sturtridge building, Community National Bank is set to open their doors for full service on May 19. According to bank vice president Bill Altman, the location off 4th Street and Delaware will be the “permanent temporary location.”
This month's Tonganoxie Community Historical Society 4th Tuesday program to feature THS alum who served in WWII
The Tonganoxie Community Historical Society and Museum will have its Fourth Tuesday program later this month.
Remember When: A Community Review for May 4, 2022
He started his career at Tonganoxie Junior High School before some of his teachers were born – back when the Beatles were turning American culture on its ear by radio and vinyl records. At the end of the 1996-97 school year, Marvin Pine is calling an end to his career in the Tonganoxie school system. At a youthful 55 years of age, Pine will have been in the district 31 years, one of the most venerable instructors.
Remember When: A Community Review for April 27, 2022
Approximately 2,000 people, state and national legislators and University of Kansas elite welcomed former U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1996 presidential candidate, and KU alumnus back to his home state on Friday. At a special ceremony, William J. Crow, KU vice chancellor for information services and dean of libraries announced the creation of the Robert J. Dole Institute for Public Service and Public Policy.
Remember When: A Community Review for April 13, 2022
Due to spring storms late last week, water from Stranger Creek crept high enough to lap at all four sides of the Easton Grade School on Friday, canceling class. Once again, fields on both sides of U.S. Highway 24-40 resembled a string of rice patties where Stranger tipped over its banks on Friday and Saturday.
Remember When: A Community Review for April 6, 2022
The front-page lead story proclaims that “Tonganoxie on track for prosperity.” There are a number of capital projects either in progress or in the works which point to future prosperity. With spring in the air, first and foremost is the municipal swimming pool. City workers recently started patching up cracks in the pool’s bottom and deck, shoring up masonry on the pool’s shallow end stairs, and re-sealing the caulking between the pool’s walls and bottom.
Traveling exhibit opens today at Tonganoxie Community Historical Society museum
A traveling exhibit opens today at the Tonganoxie Community Historic Site. “Living Sovereignty: Sustaining Indigenous Autonomy in ‘Indian Territory” Kansas” will be available for about five weeks, as the Tonganoxie Community Historical Society and Museum will host the exhibit through April 30.
Remember When: A Community Review for March 16, 2022
And the bag pipe band played on. A crew of bagpipers took this year’s first place prize among St. Patrick’s Day Parade entries. Thought temperatures dipped below freezing in Tonganoxie for the parade’s tenth annual celebration, most all bag pipers wore little over their legs but a kilt.
Remember When: A Community Review for March 2, 2022
On Monday, Feb. 3, the Basehor-Linwood school system officially went on-line with a ground-breaking wide area, cable-enhanced computer network that spans an entire district scattered throughout two rural cities.
Remember When: A Community Review for Jan. 19, 2022
On Tuesday evening, Larry Meadows was named Citizen of the Year at the Tonganoxie Chamber of Commerce’s annual Officer Installation banquet.
Remember When: A Community Review for Dec. 29, 2021
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) recently listed 10 sites in Leavenworth County that had either resolved contamination problems or were in the phase of clean-up. The front page is 1996 - The Year in Review. Highlights of the year included: Danielle Boatwright, 1st Runner Up, Miss USA; a Blackhawk helicopter fights a grass fire; The Moving Wall, a Vietnam Vets memorial; Williams Natural Gas pipeline explosion.
Final Tonganoxie Community Historical Society gift shop day Saturday
Tonganoxie Community Historical Society’s final holiday gift shop of the season will be 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the historic site campus, 201 W. Washington St.
Remember When: A Community Review for Dec. 8, 2021
We have heard several comments about the Christmas lights in the Tonganoxie community. Shows there is an appreciation for all the effort and expense it takes to decorate a Christmas time. The Tonganoxie Chamber of Commerce will be showing some appreciation with prize money for the best decorations this year. The High School art students will be judges and we will of course publish the winners names in The Mirror.
Remember When: A Community Review for Dec. 1, 2021
On Thursday, Dec. 5, the annual Mayor’s Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony and presentation will take place at Glen’s Opry. Aside from the usual speech from Tonganoxie Mayor Herb Robbins and join-in Christmas carols, a group of Basehor, Linwood, McLouth and Tonganoxie youngsters will present a 15-minute Christmas skit.
Remember When: A Community Review for Nov. 24, 2021
On Saturday, volunteers from Midland Railroad and Mid America Historical Steam Restoration joined workers from Berkel & Co., Bonner Springs, in cutting up the pastoral octagonal silo which sat on the u80=acre property owner by Tonganoxie USD 464. Built in the 1920s, the silo will be cut into three sections and then transported to the National Agricultural Hall of Fame where it will be reassembled on a brand-new concrete foundation and displayed as a piece of agriculture history.
Remember When: A Community Review for Nov. 18, 2021
The Masson Linwood Greenhouse (the largest greenhouse in this part of the state) opened its doors to the public on Saturday, carrying on a Christmas tradition of opening up their acres of poinsettias to the eye of the masses. Naturally a tropical crop, poinsettias were introduced to the continent by Joel Poinsett, the ambassador of Mexico. There they grow readily up to 14 feet, but in Kansas, Masson must help them along a bit.
Remember When: A Community Review for Oct. 20, 2021
The week was filled with memories and visitors at the Moving Wall in Tonganoxie’s/VFW Park. Many Kansas City residents got word that the wall would be ready to go on Wednesday and showed up on and off all day long. Speakers included Larry Meadows, Father Mark Goldasich, Jim Rogers, Al Patterson, former 5th District State Senator Al Ramirez the first day, with many more throughout the week. Who’s Who has included Tonganoxie Chamber of Commerce president Connie J. Torneden in their 1996-97 edition. Published by Marquis Who’s Who, the publication serves as a guide to what is referred to as “26,000 of today’s most influential Midwesterners.”
Remember When: A Community Review for Oct. 13, 2021
Tonganoxie high school football was treated twice for Friday’s Homecoming, hosting Kansas City football star Marcus Allen and winning a victory over cross highway rivals, Basehor-Linwood, beating the Bobcats 30-13. Allen, co-owner of Marcus Allen Ford, Tonganoxie, made a cameo appearance at Beatty Field to crown the Queen, Jenny Walker.
Remember When: A Community Review for Oct. 6, 2021
In a recent tradition as American as apple pie, ladies at the Congregational Church have been busy cooking up apple pies for their annual fundraiser. The ladies make pies in the basement of the church every Tuesday, and according to Ferry Evans, will continue to do so until they run out of apples, which are obtained from Wildhorse Orchard.
Remember When: A Community Review for Sept. 29, 2021
Commercial and residential construction is happening in Southern Leavenworth County. Plans are for more, like development that will be built across the highway north of the Tonganoxie High School. New roads and new businesses are coming. We are in a growth area where change is constant and part of our lifestyle.
Remember When: A Community Review for Sept. 22, 2021
A second-grade teacher at Tonganoxie Elementary School will be teaching students about reptiles and amphibians with the help of an educational kit from the University of Kansas Natural History Museum in Lawrence. The teacher, Sarah Kettler, will work out of a trunk containing preserved frogs, turtles, snakes and salamanders. Also included for study are skeletons, a snake-skin and a turtle shell.
Remember When: A Community Review for Sept. 15, 2021
After working with Dakota all week, Bob Alden says the progress of the wild seven-year-old ay stallion which he picked out at a Bureau of Land Management horse adoption program in Passaic, Mo. Has surprised him. “I’ve been working with him all week,” Alden stated, “I couldn’t get within 15 feet of him when we first got him. He was a wild stallion.”
Remember When: A Community Review for Sept. 8, 2021
The Tonganoxie City Fire Department quickly doused an electrical fire which started at Haislip’s Laundromat, 622 East 4th Street, Tonganoxie. The fire started at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 5, after Kay Long, new Tonganoxie resident, placed a load of damp laundry into one of the upper dryers set into the east wall of the facility. “I thought, oh my god, I just moved here, they’re going to ship me out of town, I burned down the only laundry in town.” Actually, the damage was limited to the area above the dryer and the laundromat was allowed to open back up after the electrical system supplying the dryer was disconnected.
Remember When: A Community Review for Sept. 1, 2021
Following a spell of wet weather in which Tonganoxie saw not one five-day stretch without rain since April, construction on U.S. Highway 24-40 finally appears to be getting underway. Fueled by recent dry weather, the grading process is nearly complete – except for one un-touched stretch of highway between 164th and 174th Streets. The bridge at 164th Street is complete, as are the two directly to the east of Tonganoxie.
Remember When: A Community Review for Aug. 25, 2021
The old-fashioned draft horse pull, which was canceled on the last day of the 1996 Leavenworth County Fair, was canceled again on the re-scheduled date of Aug. 23.
Remember When: A Community Review for Aug. 18, 2021
Kansas Congressman Pat Roberts, who is running for the U.S Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, will make a stop in Tonganoxie today. Roberts will visit with campaign co-chairs David and Pam VanDyke from 3-4 p.m. at Bitler’s BBQ and go business to business throughout the city.
Remember When: A Community Review for Aug. 11, 2021
From the editor, Don Waterman: The Leavenworth County Fair was bigger and better this year. It was even cooler than most years. The parade was a dandy with lots of participation, and no accidents.
Remember When: A Community Review for Aug. 4, 2021
Threshing Bee draws 7,000. It’s the way it used to be. It’s part of agricultural heritage. It’s a loud hot steam blowing blowout. It’s amazing that farmers who used the machinery got as much work done with the contraptions as they did. The McLouth Threshing Bee threw its steam engines in high gear on Friday, as the 39th annual celebration took place.
Remember When: A Community Review for July 21, 2021
25 years ago: July 24, 1996 After 34 years in business, Sutton-Kolman sold their business to Marcus Allen Ford. The operation was started by Bob Kolman and Ray Sutton and was estimated to have sold a car to three generations of Tonganoxie residents. Barbara Kolman, who took over the business six years ago when her husband Bob Kolman passed away, will remain on staff as Marcus Allen’s office manager at the dealership.
Remember When: A Community Review for July 14, 2021
Editor Don Waterman notes in his column, "As I See It," that fair week is always a big deal in Leavenworth County and bigger and better are in the plans for this year. One of the main features will be the Livestock Auction on Friday evening.
Remember When: A Community Review for July 7, 2021
With only three weeks to go before the Leavenworth County Fair kicks off, events have been set and preparations are being made to make this year’s fair better than ever. The Ranch Rodeo will be held this year in front of the grandstand, instead of in the horse arena. Because of the presence of a sanctioned professional rodeo, musical entertainment will only be featured on Wednesday night.
Remember When: A Community Review for June 30, 2021
On Friday, June 21, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was present to inspect the progress of the Tonganoxie City Park project in progress at the former location of Sturgeon’s Wheel Estate.
Remember When: A Community Review for June 23, 2021
Tonganoxie Creek was up and well over its banks on Thursday following another storm which dumped several inches of rain on the area. Although no water damage was reported, water flooded the VFW Park (pictured) and crept up yards in low lying areas. The bridge on U.S. Highway 24-40, which passes over the creek, also saw water inch up toward construction equipment.
Remember When: A Community Review for June 16, 2021
Tonganoxie Creek was up and well over its banks on Thursday following another storm which dumped several inches of rain on the area. Although no w
Remember When: A Community Review for June 9, 2021
Last Wednesday around 9:35 p.m. sirens sounded off around Tonganoxie warning people to take cover for threat of a tornado. A tornado was confirmed to have touched down on County Road 30, 3 miles west of Tonganoxie.
Remember When: A Community Review for June 2, 2021
The Tonganoxie Swimming Pool is finally open for the summer. Following numerous repairs which caused the pool to have to be drained and the replacement of a faulty casing, the Tonganoxie City Maintenance Department filled the pool for good over the weekend. Missing from the deep end would be the diving board, which had to be removed because of safety reasons. A low dive has been installed in its place.
Registration deadline is today for upcoming Tonganoxie Community Historical Society's History Camp
Tonganoxie Community Historic Site will be the venue for the historical society’s history camp: Who Lived Here Before Us? The camp, open to youths entering grades 4-6 in the fall, will be 9 a.m.-noon starting Monday at the site and museum, 201 W. Washington St.
History camp for youths starts June 7 at historic site in Tonganoxie
Tonganoxie Community Historic Site will be the venue for the historical society’s history camp: Who Lived Here Before Us? The camp, open to youths entering grades 4-6 in the fall, will be 9 a.m.-noon June 7-11 at the site and museum, 201 W. Washington St.
Remember When: A Community Review for May 19, 2021
The Tonganoxie High School seniors of 1996 said goodbye to THS on Monday evening. The gym was filled with proud parents, relatives, and friends gathered to see the 118 graduates file down the lanes of the gymnasium and silently take their last rights as a Chieftain.
Remember When: A Community Review for May 5, 2021
With the date of exodus for occupants nearing, the situation at Sturgeon’s Wheel Estate is speeding to an end. Occupants still residing at the trailer park have all made plans to relocate by June 1. The city plans to start demolition by June 6, then proceeding to turn the property at 107 N. Main, into a recreation area and parking lot.
Remember When: A Community Review for April 28, 2021
The Tonganoxie Mirror, in conjunction with Internet Direct, is ready to bring the internet to Tonganoxie and Basehor; the question remains whether Basehor and Tonganoxie are ready for the internet. To get an idea of how many people would be interested in internet services if The Mirror and Internet Direct were to bring it to the area, a questionnaire has been provided on page 3 of this issue of the Mirror.
Remember When: A Community Review for April 21, 2021
Tonganoxie Mayor Herb Robbins implemented a Phase Four water emergency on Thursday as the city faced dry conditions and a broken wholesale water line. Heavy usage and a drain of the system (resulting after an independent contractor doing construction on U.S. Highway 24-40 broke the water line around 150th Street) have limited the supply to Tonganoxie.
Remember When: A Community Review for April 14, 2021
The Leavenworth Fishing Lake received a visit from some feathered travelers last week. On April 9, a flock of roughly 30-40 pelicans landed on the lake for a springtime rest. “This is the most I’ve seen for a couple of years,” said Kansas Department of Wildlife Officer Larry Lentz.
Remember When: A Community Review for April 7, 2021
‘Twas the season for shearing sheep at the Jacobs’ farm on Saturday when Rick and Cheryl Jacobs held their fifth annual Shearing Day at their farm south of Tonganoxie off County Road 32. Over 30 head of sheep were sheared at the festival, while an estimated 400 to 600 people curiously gawked at the displays. Michael Purdom, of Springdale, Arkansas, sheared most of the sheep with electric shears, but saved about five for demonstrations with hand shears.
Remember When: A Community Review for March 31, 2021
The frontpage headline was “Groundbreaking held for highway expansion project.” Those pictured in the photo included Anna Mary Landauer (former Basehor mayor) and State Senator Alan Ramirez. Ramirez said, “For the 14 years that I’ve been in the legislature, we’ve fought for this project.” Larry Meadows presided at the ceremony.
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