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Loretta McMillan Collins

You Don’t Need to Know Everything Before You Start Writing

January 1, 2022 by Jim Potter 15 Comments

(To  listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.)   You Don't Need to Know Everything Before You Start Writing * Charles Collins gravestone pdf I’ve been researching and researching, and I still have unanswered questions. I’d like to learn more about Charles C. Collins and his ancestors before I write his story, but I can’t wait forever. I’ve been down so many research rabbit holes that I’ve become comfortable living underground. I don’t think it’s … [Read more...] about You Don’t Need to Know Everything Before You Start Writing

Sheriffs of Reno County: Mr. and Mrs. Sheriff

October 13, 2021 by Jim Potter 6 Comments

(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.)   Mr. and Mrs. Sheriff * One day a newly elected sheriff, a bachelor, asked the retiring sheriff if he could give him any advice on running the jail. The veteran sheriff replied, "Yes, get married as soon as possible." * In its first 150 years, Reno County has elected thirty-two of its thirty-three different sheriffs. This book will introduce each one of the lawmen chronologically, in separate chapters, … [Read more...] about Sheriffs of Reno County: Mr. and Mrs. Sheriff

Reno County: Grasshopper Invasion of 1874

April 21, 2021 by Jim Potter 2 Comments

(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Reno County Picnic: Grasshoppers · It’s August 3, 1899, at the Old Settlers’ of Reno County picnic in Riverside Park, Hutchinson, Kansas. Loretta McMillan Collins, 51, eating watermelon; Sarah Jane Riddle McMurry, 45, drinking blackberry cider; and Julia Clementine Latimer Whiteside, 31, eating fresh cherry pie; are sitting in the shade. They’re all wearing fancy hats and talking about the good ole’ … [Read more...] about Reno County: Grasshopper Invasion of 1874

Sheriffs of Reno County: Charles Collins

September 9, 2020 by Jim Potter 8 Comments

(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Charles Collins (1845-1906) Sheriff 1872-1874 ·   It’s Friday, October 7, 1927. Houston Whiteside, retired attorney-at-law, resident of Hutchinson, Kansas, since May 1872, is celebrating his 81st birthday at the Masonic Hall. Judge Whiteside has been encouraged to recall the good ‘ole days. * Reno County Sheriff Fay Brown, 36, the newest member of the Masons, has known Houston Whiteside for over a … [Read more...] about Sheriffs of Reno County: Charles Collins

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