Local writer Sarah St. John pulls from the Journal-World archives to compile reports of what it was like to be in Lawrence decades ago.
Today’s story comes “from somewhere in France with the American troops,” where a recent KU student was worried about the state of his grades. Having left school in the spring of 1917, volunteering for the army months before the first draft, the young man wrote a letter back home to try to ...
Several National Guard units were camping in Lawrence this month to undergo federal examination and mustering in. The process started in Robinson Gymnasium on the KU campus, where soldiers filled out all the necessary forms and received the first of their typhoid and smallpox vaccinations. ...
Douglas County and Lawrence residents can hear the fiery rhetoric of John Brown, tour sites used to ferry escaped slaves to freedom, and view artifacts from William Quantrill’s 1863 raid as part of series of programs offered during the next week collectively called “Civil War on the Western ...
With food conservation as a main concern, Douglas County residents were paying even more attention than usual to the condition of crops and garden produce. As always, the weather was on everyone’s mind. “There is but one topic of conversation in the rural districts of Douglas County,” ...
The nearly 40 people making a Saturday morning visit to the Wakarusa Valley Heritage Museum nodded or raised a hand as Martha Parker read through a list of names.The names Parker read were those of black families who settled in the Wakarusa Valley west of Lawrence during or soon after the Civil ...
Popularity of first aid instruction from the Red Cross increased this summer to the extent that an additional class was formed to meet the demand in Lawrence. While this organization continued its meetings and activities here and in surrounding communities, other, more informal groups also ...