(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Jesse Langford (1879-1935) Sheriff 1923-1927 · It’s Wednesday, June 24, 1931, on the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway in route to Chicago, Illinois, from Hutchinson, Kansas. Houston, 81, and Julia Whiteside, 59, and their son, Houston, Jr., 41, are making an emergency trip to the windy city’s Presbyterian Hospital. Julia needs surgery. * “I do hope Wiley Post and his navigator succeed with … [Read more...] about Sheriffs of Reno County: Jesse Langford
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Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Blinded by Corn Whiskey
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: Blinded by Corn Whiskey · Hello readers. I’m Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge and I’m recalling my days in January 1927, after arriving in Hutchinson, Kansas. Don’t ask me what happened this morning because my short term memory is iffy, but I remember my first days in the Salt City. Ninety-three years ago I was in total darkness, inside a package sent though the U. S. mail, when … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Blinded by Corn Whiskey
Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Hearing Voices
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: Hearing Voices · “Hello readers. I’m Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge and I’m recalling my days in January 1927, after arriving in Hutchinson, Kansas. Don’t ask me what happened this morning because my short term memory is iffy, but I remember my first days in the Salt City. I was in the darkness of my packing container 93 years ago when I overheard conversations in the … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Hearing Voices
