Long Time Gone and the Glimpses of Great Love Stories
With all of the advances that have become just an accepted part of modern day life, all of the different accomplishments that have caused various members of our species to beat their chests and pro...
By Priscilla Waggoner
Long Time Gone and Dr. George M. Sands, First Resident Doctor of Haswell
For those of us who are novices, searching through the common, every day records of history is, in many ways, similar to taking a journey half blind-folded. You have an idea, vague though it may be...
Long Time Gone - Sweet Sweetwater
For the first time in too many years, people have good reason to find their attention drifting south of town toward the Great Plains Reservoirs, those bodies of water that have been a source of lif...
Long Time Gone: Lori Shalberg
Located north of town, the cemetery at Sheridan Lake sits on the crest of the gentlest of slopes. The elevation is no more than perhaps a hundred feet higher than the land that surrounds it, yet it...
A Legacy Of His Own Making: A Tribute To Jack Gardner
I knew one thing about Jack Gardner before I met him. He used to own the Kiowa County Press, which meant, to me, he was a newspaper man. And that’s exactly what I saw when he walked into the office...
Long Time Gone and the Grand Duke
Recently, one of the readers of the Independent suggested a story he thought other readers might enjoy. It took place in 1872 and involved a group of individuals whose names are so well-known that ...
Long Time Gone - Marvin Hasser's "The Great Escape"
Several months ago, the Kiowa County Independent let readers know that we would be periodically printing original stories by Marvin Hasser, selected from his book titled “Oscar Hasser Cow Puncher ‘...
Long Time Gone and Lill Penn's Life of Love, Beauty and Butter
Somewhere, I learned that Eskimos have 24 different words for snow, each one reflecting some slight but key difference that is probably imperceptible to everyone except for those who inhabit the la...
If you liked the October 19th article about the Disappearance of the Great American Buffalo, You Might Be Interested in What Happened at Standing Rock Last Week
A herd of Buffalo appear out of nowhere during Lakota Sioux peaceful protest of the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline project. The project crosses sacred land and could potentially threat...
Long Time Gone - June Blooding, a shining star
There’s a certain kind of beauty to the plains that is, from what I can tell, truly unique to this country. Let a little bit of rain fall on these expansive acres, and the most extraordinary flower...
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Kiowa County Hospital District Hires Interim CE...
In yet another special meeting called by the Kiowa County Hospital District on Wednesday night, January 19th a large crowd of interested citizens...
Kiowa County Undersheriff Joshua Swanson Throws...
Joshua Swanson was raised in Bent County, at the Las Animas Fish Hatchery by his parents Toni and Rick Swanson. As a student in the Cheraw school s...
Letter to the Editor
Thank you to all of you that were so incredibly generous and donated gift cards on behalf of the families that lost everything in the Marshall Fire...
Letter to the Editor
THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE IN EADS AND KIOWA COUNTY
Thank you for inviting me to comment on the health care challenges facing the Eads community. Fo...
Put Your Money, or Rather Your Time, Where Your...
There is no better time than now to get involved with your community and lead the way to community prosperity by running for a local office.
There...