Long Time Gone and the Haunting of Eads Town Hall
The Eads town hall was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in 1938 and was one of three buildings built as part of President Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal. The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted between 1933 and 1939.
Long Time Gone and the Sandstorm in 1890
For the next few weeks, the Independent will explore the series of history stories written by C. Frost Liggett, the first newspaper man in the county when it was just beginning in the 1880s.
Longtime Gone and “Before the Lights Came On”
Think back to when you turned off the power to the house to do some electrical work and repairs. You reached for that light switch to turn it on without thinking about it.
Long Time Gone: The Life of George Weisbrod
We are constantly surrounded by names. On the side of buildings, on street signs, on placards outside over the entrance to a business.
Long Time Gone and the Liggett Project Begins in May 2000
For the next few weeks, the Independent will explore the series of history stories written by C. Frost Liggett, the first newspaper man in the county when it was just beginning in the 1880s.
Long Time Gone and the Liggett Project Begins in May 2000
For the next few weeks, the Independent will explore the series of history stories written by C. Frost Liggett, the first newspaper man in the county when it was just beginning in the 1880s.
Long Time Gone and the Lovely Discovery of the Eads Literary Study Club
Of the more than 150 issues of the Independent that have contained this weekly feature called “Long Time Gone”, much of the space on the page has been devoted to the people and the lives those people led in the “early days” of this part of the state. Likewise, certain characteristics of those people and those times have been portrayed with such frequency that we assume we have a good idea of what life was like.
Long Time Gone: Stories of Chivington, as Told by Miss Mary Marble
An afternoon spent with Mary Marble is an afternoon to remember. At 92 years old, she’s a consummate storyteller with a delightful sense of humor and tells tales of the 60 years she lived in Chivington in a way that makes the place come alive, even though the town itself is long gone.
Long Time Gone and the Hermit of Loreto
Prophets and the business of prophecy has been around since before Jesus walked the earth. The Bible tells us in Joel 2:28 that there were good Biblical prophets, and there will be good Biblical prophets today because God says He will pour out His Spirit, and our sons and daughters will prophecy.
Long Time Gone and in His Own Words (and Spelling)
“Love Ya, Later!” Those were the words Floyd Griswould often wrote or said to family members, especially as he aged into his twilight years.
Long Time Gone and the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum wrote the story of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” in 1900 because, he said, “It was written solely to pleasure children of today.
Long Time Gone and the 1934 Eads High School Valedictorian Speech: How Has the Thinking of Youth Changed in 90 Years?
The Eads High School Class of 1934 created a full booklet of information about them, their school, and their graduation ceremony. The senior edition was dated May 18, 1934, and the front cover featured a letter to the 1934 graduates from the “Eads Teachers.
Long Time Gone and the Declaration of Inspiration
In 1943, a commencement speech was delivered by class valedictorian Marion Konishi, an 18-year-old girl who attended Amache Senior High School at the Granada Relocation Center where she and her family were among the 7,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned during World War II.
Long Time Gone and the Hardware Store on Maine Street
This week Maine Street in Eads saw some interesting action as the store front of the abandoned building located at 1204 Maine Street known for years as Kelly Hardware was completely removed as renovation begins on the old building. The building has been shuttered since the late 1970s—for the past 45+ years—so it is more than exciting that something positive is now happening there.
In Tribute and Memory of the Prairie Queen Baseball Team
We have arrived at the post season of high school baseball, and it has been a heck of a season for District 4 teams. Some have failed to qualify for the District Tournament and beyond, but many are still alive and seeking to advance to the final rounds of the state tournament.
Long Time Gone and Developing Local Softball Excellence
With the announcement of the girls’ high school softball coop between Eads and Wiley, dubbed the SECO Angels, coming to reality in the 2024-2025 softball season it becomes obvious that girls’ softball in the area’s small communities has evolved dramatically and come a very long way since its inception in 2003. In that year, the girls joined the boys in the summertime action having their own Babe Ruth Softball league named Southern Plains.