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Edna Thompson Baxter - 1988
Baxter Family Generation 3

The Woodcarving DuoCharles Baxter, the only child of Ruth Gordon Hubbard, was trained in art…

Kevin Baxter 2015
Baxter Family Generation 4

The Business Takes OffKevin Baxter 2015The eldest son of Charles and Edna Baxter, Kevin Baxter…

People: Kevin Baxter Categories: Art, History Tags: Baxter Family, Star Family
Ruth Mae Gordon -1919
Baxter Family Generation 2

The Young PainterRuth Gordon was born January 21, 1902, in Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska, the…

People: Ruth Gordon Categories: Art, History Tags: Baxter Family, Star Family
Jerome “Rome” E. Gordon ca. 1877-1948
Baxter Family Generation 1

The Gordon Brothers If there was a beginning to what we might consider the “arts”…

Kearney Cemetery Avenue of Flags
Cemetery Picnics

It always seems that by this time of the year benches have little worn spots…

People: Tom Miles Categories: Stories
Les Bruning Tumbleweed Symphony Sculpture
Les Bruning Tumbleweed Symphony

When entering the Merryman Performing Arts Center (MPAC), the visitor’s gaze is immediately captured with…

Categories: Art, Education
Ross Family

Jeanne for instance. A graduate of Grinnell College and KSC, Jeanne was NTV’s host and…

Categories: Education, History, Music Tags: Star Family
James E. Smith Midwest Conference

Origins In 1964, twenty-one foreign delegates visited the campus of Kearney State College (KSC) with…

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