Archive: History

Keens Reports His Conversation With The So-called Saddle Tramp

“Who was that?” Dart asked before they’d had a chance to get seated. Sometimes F.…

Chuck Peek, Professor Emeritus and Poet
Radical Winds – The Century – The Times

Now ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the players who will likely end…

Chuck Peek, Professor Emeritus and Poet
Radical Winds – The Carmelites

In the beginning episodes, you will be joining Steve in tracking, in his word witnessing,…

People: Steve Buttress Categories: History, Literature
The 1733 Ballroom and Other Amusements

In Larry Hardesty’s monumental set of notes on the history of the 1733 Ballroom, he…

Thalken-Tesdall-Thalken, early photo of the trio
Thalken Tribute

When the news broke in Kearney that the Thalkens were retiring and Kearney Floral would…

Thalken Family Photo
Thalken Family

It’s a humbling thing to be asked to contribute our small story to Kearney Creates,…

World Theatre Marquee Partnership with Kearney Area Arts Council and Jazz at the World
The World Theatre

All true. All part of the history. But the story is much fuller than just…

Edna Thompson Baxter - 1988
Baxter Family Generation 3

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