Reports of their findings were shared Jan. 28 at the club's annual meeting held here at the Ramada Inn. From the Flint Hills, to the Boot Hill, to the Kansas coastline, cemeteries old and new were discovered. Dwilette Paulson said cowboys of the last century were really buried with their boots on. The grave of a small child was reinterred some years ago. Surrounding the body were Spanish artifacts.
Researchers believe the child's father was a Spanish conquistador.
The first burial in the Sedgwick City Cemetery was a man killed in a gun battle. The cemeteries of the oldest county in Kansas were shared by L. Candy Ruff. For the past year and one-half, she has been writing stories about all the cemeteries of Leavenworth County. Mrs. Ruff serves as the newspaper's lifestyles editor. The first teacher in Elk County was Frank Hodges.