Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...
Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...
25 years ago: June 2, 1999 The Tonganoxie VFW chapter welcomed a crowd of over 100 people to a ceremony paying tribute to ware veterans. A new plaque was unveiled. Dale Freeman and Harold Putthoff read the names of casualties of foreign wars from Tonganoxie. Casualties from World Wars I and ...
Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...
Tonganoxie Community Historical Society’s Fourth Tuesday Program will take a closer look at a World War II POW camp near Concordia. This month’s program will be 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the historical museum site. The event opens with a brief business meeting and then the historical ...
25 years ago: March 24, 1999 Tonganoxie High School’s production of “Singin’ in the Rain” ran from March 11-13 in the Tonganoxie High School Auditorium. The story is based on the struggle of silent movie stars as the era of talking movies begins in America. This was the first ...
25 years ago: March 3, 1999 Twelve years ago, parade chairman John McCaffrey, started the Tonganoxie St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Since then, the parade has grown from 5 people to 200 people. The parade will take place at 10:00 a.m. on March 13, 1999. Sponsored by the Tonganoxie Chamber of ...
25 years ago: Feb. 24,1999 The Ice Cream Parlor & Grill had a half page ad thanking Tonganoxie for its support, as the business celebrates its 10th year. The celebration feature will be 2 hamburgers or cheeseburgers and 2 orders of French Fries and 2 medium drinks for only $6.00. The ...
Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...
Humanities Kansas recently awarded $ 2,821 to the Tonganoxie Historical Society to support “Kansas Stories of the Vietnam War,” a new oral history initiative from Humanities Kansas to collect and preserve the stories of Vietnam War veterans in their communities. Donna Higbee serves as ...
