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Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Cops in the Clubhouse

January 8, 2020 by Jim Potter 2 Comments

· Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: Cops in the Clubhouse · I’m Reno County Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge, and I’m pinned to the sheriff’s vest. It’s Friday, January 21, 1927, inside the sheriff’s office in the temporary courthouse at 5th and Washington, Hutchinson, Kansas. For just a moment, I got to see the sheriff’s office before Sheriff Fay F. Brown covered me with his suit coat. Soon after my peek, other officers arrived to work. Plain as day, I could hear the men talking. * “It was pretty … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Cops in the Clubhouse

Filed Under: Blog posts Tagged With: Bisonte Hotel, bone dry law, Cecil North, Charlie Chaplin, cigarette bill, Cora Brown, Ed Cunningham, Ed Woodson, Fay Brown, Jess Blanpied, Jim Potter, Jim Springer, Kansas Authors Club, Martin Jolliffe, Reno County Jail, Reno County Sheriff, Santa Fe Railway, Sheriff Fay Brown, Sheriff Fay Brown's Badge, The Gold Rush, Virgil Mathews

Creative Non-Fiction

August 28, 2019 by Jim Potter 8 Comments

· Western Kansas Photo Club · I’m a postcard collector and historian who loves reading, research, and writing. As a result, I’ve been curious about some early-day Kansas photographers who created some of the postcards in my collection. Now that I know these people better, I’m ready to share some of the conversations they might have had. The following is a story with real people and events. The meeting actually took place. Let me set the scene for you. Photographers from Kansas during late … [Read more...] about Creative Non-Fiction

Filed Under: Blog posts Tagged With: Carl Conard, Colonel Roosevelt, Conard Studio, F. D. Conard, Frank Conard, historical research, Jim Potter, Kansas, Kansas photographers, L'Grane Hotel, Landawer Mercantile, Lane County Library, Larned, Lt. William J. Wood, Mae Besore Kirch, Mae Kitch, Predetta Conard, Rough Riders, Ruby Dutoit Martin, Santa Fe Railway, W.B. Conard, Western Kansas Photo Club, Will Kirch, William Conard, William J. Wood, William Kirch

John O. Siemsen

July 17, 2019 by Jim Potter 6 Comments

  · John O. Siemsen Framed by F. D. Conard in Garden City, Kansas · Last month I had my socks knocked off by a surprise email sent to my website as a comment to a blog/podcast I’d posted two months earlier. A person can’t prepare for unbelievable. My earlier post, “EXAGGERATION Postcards: Tall Tales from the Great Plains,” https://jimpotterauthor.com/exaggeration-postcards/ gave an abbreviated history of the cards, including an appreciation for Frank D. “Pop” Conard, a creative and … [Read more...] about John O. Siemsen

Filed Under: Blog posts Tagged With: Cynthia Elyce Rubin, drayman, dust storm postcards, Evelyn Felker Siemsen, exaggeration postcards, F. D. Conard, Finney County Historical Society, Frank D. Conard, freight hauler, Garden City, Garden City Municipal swimming pool, Garden City sugar factory, Haulin Em Out, Jim Potter, John O. Siemens, John Siemens, Kansas, Laurie Oshel, Morgan Williams, Santa Fe Railway, Sister Rose, Valley View Cemetery, Windsor Hotel

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