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Leora Wilson–Role Model

June 17, 2019September 18, 2021joynealkidney

Those Goff Brothers of Guthrie County, Iowa

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Mom’s Famous Potato Salad

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Heartbreak House, the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot

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An Attempt to Locate the Missing B-25 Mitchell

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Small Town Barber (poem)

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Clint Knee, notable Perry Lawman, part of Bonnie and Clyde Posse

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022joynealkidney

Iowa: Smoky Wigwams of the Dusky Savage Warrior

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022joynealkidney

“See Jane Run!” by Jolene Stratton Philo

June 11, 2022June 11, 2022joynealkidney

Andrew’s View of the Week, Guest Blogger Andrew Reynolds

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022joynealkidney

Battle of Midway: Memories of Donald Wilson

June 3, 2022June 4, 2022joynealkidney

Dead in the Water: The USS Yorktown at Midway by Stanford E. Linzey, Jr.

June 1, 2022June 1, 2022joynealkidney

Farm Kids and Chores, 100 Years Ago

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022joynealkidney

Dallas County Freedom Rock Selfies

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022joynealkidney

Memorial Day, to Remember Our War Casualties

May 23, 2022June 26, 2022joynealkidney

Bridal Shower Dessert, 1966

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022joynealkidney

Tiny Tintypes

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022joynealkidney

8th Grade Graduation

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022joynealkidney

Soapstone Bed Warmer

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022joynealkidney

The Quiet Cowboy by J. D. Wininger

May 12, 2022May 12, 2022joynealkidney

Unfortunate Spring Weather, May 12, 1907

May 11, 2022June 11, 2022joynealkidney

John Broderick and Florence (Shepherd) Goff

May 9, 2022May 10, 2022joynealkidney

The Goff Children in Photos, Three at a Time

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022joynealkidney

Spring in Northern Minnesota, early 1900s

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022joynealkidney

Battle of the Coral Sea: Memories of Donald Wilson, Aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5)

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022joynealkidney

“Dream Beyond Tomorrow” Series by Starr Ayers (Emma Stories)

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022joynealkidney

Indie Bookstore Day, April 30, 2022 – Come Say Hi!

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022joynealkidney

A Man With a Rake (poetry) by Ted Kooser

April 23, 2022April 23, 2022joynealkidney

I See Guthrie Center First!

April 21, 2022May 5, 2022joynealkidney

Coffee Lovers’ Poetry Companion by Dr. Judy Richardson

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022joynealkidney

“There was a Time”: A poet deftly works through prostate cancer

April 16, 2022April 16, 2022joynealkidney

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