(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) Inman, Kansas by Jim Potter By the time Richard and Anna Borchart moved to Inman, Kansas, in 1896, with Arthur, their firstborn, the town welcomed residents and guests to shop on its main street using raised wooden sidewalks. Allowing customers to keep their feet high and dry helped encourage shoppers to visit the Borchart shoe shop. During wet weather, streets in towns with poor drainage resembled … [Read more...] about Researching Robert
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Researching Robert
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) Accidental Death by Jim Potter I’d been on the trail of Robert Parks since he left his adoptive parents’ home on October 21, 1915. His departure was a surprise to Henry and Lydia Parks, of Groveland Township, McPherson County, Kansas. In the 1910 US Census, Robert was already listed as “son by adoption” with the Parks family, only he was identified as Robert Borchart, not Parks. As I continued to … [Read more...] about Researching Robert
