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The video game crash of 1977 (also known as 1977 video game crash or the forgotten video game crash) is one of the first times the video game industry "crashed".
This event is mostly attributed to Pong-clone home video game consoles, and such.
Many video game companies went broke in this crash because they had to make their game consoles cheaper due to the high number of concurrent products.
It is followed by the video game crash of 1983.
Elkhart is a city in Morton County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Morton County.
The south part of the city is the Kansas-Oklahoma state border.
Elkhart is  from the Kansas-Colorado border.
In 2010, 2,205 people lived there.
Elkhart was created in 1913.
It was named after Elkhart, Indiana.
Elkhart has a cool semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk).
It has dry winters with big temperature differences, and it has hot summers, and it sometimes has a lot of precipitation from thunder showers or storms.
During winter, because western Kansas lies both on the edge of the subtropical anticyclones and in the rain shadow of westerly winds crossing the Rocky Mountains, the region is generally dry: no measurable precipitation fell in Elkhart between 25 December 1903 and 2 April 1904, while monthly precipitation above  has never been recorded during January and is observed fewer than one year in ten during November, December or February.
Temperatures can vary greatly during this season: strong chinook winds can drive temperatures above  even in the depth of winter, with  reached on average during six days between December and February, seven during November and eight during March.
Nevertheless, cold outbreaks from Canada drive temperatures to or below  on an average of 3.6 nights per winter.
The coldest temperature recorded in Elkhart has been  on January 19, 1984, while the hottest winter temperature has been  on February 1, 1963.
In the summer, the climate is generally very hot.
It sometime gets thunderstorms.
Those storms provide most of the  of precipitation expected during one year.
The wettest calendar year has been 1941 with  and the driest 1937 when only  fell.
Elkhart is served by USD 218 Elkhart.
The Elkhart High School mascot is the Wildcats.
Sanora Babb, American writer, came at the age of 11 to attend school for the first time in 1918 with her parents and sister from a farm near the town of Artesia, Baca County, Colorado, following an attempt at homesteading in Lamar, Colorado, as described in her 1970 fictionalized memoir An Owl on Every Post.
Walter Baker, winner of Olympic medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics and 1956 Summer Olympics.
Glenn Cunningham, nicknamed the "Elkhart Express", former world record-holder in the mile run and silver medalist in the 1500 meter run at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Robelyn Garcia, Professional Women’s Basketball Association (WBA) 4X All-Star and WBA Championship MVP.
Collegiate All-American basketball player and College Athletic Hall Of Fame Inductee.
Darrin Simmons, Cincinnati Bengals special teams coach.
City of Elkhart
Elkhart - Directory of Public Officials
USD 218, local school district
Morton County Historical Society Museum
Elkhart City Map, KDOT
Erie is a city in Neosho County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Neosho County.
Erie is in the valley of the Neosho River, about a mile Northeast of the river.
In 2010, 1,150 people lived there.
A settlement called "Erie", later referred to as "Old Erie" and "Beantown USA", was platted  northwest of the present townsite.
Another community, known as Crawfordsville, was started two miles northeast of the current place.
In 1866, the creators of these two towns decided to leave the towns and combine with the settlement at the current Erie site.
Four men gave 40 acres each, that butted together, out of their 160-acre shares, to create the city plat of Erie.
These men were: David W. Bray, Luther Puckett, John F. Himmelwright and Peter Walter.
In November 1866, the Erie Town Company was created.
Each member of this company gave forty acres of land in the center of Section 32, Township 28, Range 20 east.
Each member was to buy city plots and improve them.
Erie's first fire company was created in November 1866; its charter members were the men who had gave the land on which the community was built.
The first log home in Erie was built in 1866.
The first businesses were built in 1867.
By 1883, the city had two general stores, two blacksmith shops, one drug store, two hotels, one newspaper office, two churches, and more than 300 people living in the city.
Erie was incorporated on December 25, 1869.
On December 30, the trustees met and said Erie was a 3rd class city.
In 1872, Erie was chosen to be the county seat of Neosho County.
They defeated "Osage Mission" (later renamed Saint Paul) in an election to decide the county seat.
A lawsuit was filed, and it reached the Kansas Supreme Court.
The court said Erie would still be county seat.
Erie is at  (37.568548, -95.242562).
Erie has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.
The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Erie has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
The Unified School District 101 (USD 101) serves Erie, Galesburg, Stark, and Parsons in Neosho County.
On September 18, 2007 the district passed a $21.9 million bond issue.
They built a new high school in Erie.
It opened for classes in the Fall 2010 semester.
Erie - Directory of Public Officials
USD 101, local school district
Erie City Map, KDOT
Eureka is a city Greenwood County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Greenwood County.
In 2010, 2,633 people lived there; by 2015, only 2,450 lived there.
In 1857, the first settlement at Eureka was built.
The first post office in Eureka was created in August 1858.
Eureka was laid out in 1867, and it was incorporated in 1870.
The city is named after the Greek expression Eureka, meaning "I have found it".
2016 tornado
An EF2 tornado hit Eureka on July 7, 2016 at 9:45 pm.
More than 143 total buildings, including at least 50 homes, businesses, a nursing home, and grain elevator, were damaged.
No people were injured.
2018 tornado
An EF3 tornado hit Eureka on June 26, 2018 at 7:21 pm (daylight).
175 buildings were damaged or destroyed.
78 homes were damaged (12 not livable, 10 totaled).
8 people were injured.
Eureka is at  (37.822745, −96.289583).
Eureka has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.
The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Eureka has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
Eureka Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport.
It is two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Eureka.
Jim Brothers (1941–2013) – figurative sculptor.
Charles Errickson (1897–1985) – head football coach at Ottawa University, head football and basketball coach at Washburn University
John Erickson (1863–1946) – 8th Governor of Montana, United States Senator, practiced law in Eureka.
Lamon Harkness (1850–1915) – Businessman and Standard Oil heir.
Fred Jackson (1868–1931) – U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Kathy Patrick – author, founder of Pulpwood Queens book club.
Tyrel Reed (1989) – basketball player who played for the University of Kansas.
Wes Santee (1932–2010) – middle distance runner.
Bob Whittaker (1939) – U.S. Representative from Kansas 1979 to 1991; born in Eureka.
John Woods (1911–1950) – United States Army master sergeant, executioner at Nuremberg Trials.
Eureka - Directory of Public Officials
Greenwood County Historical Society Museum
Eureka Lake
USD 389, local school district
USD 389 School District Boundary Map, KDOT
Eureka City Map, KDOT
Cities in Greenwood County, Kansas
La Crosse is a city in Rush County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Rush County.
In 2010, 1,342 people lived there.
La Crosse calls itself the "Barbed Wire capital of the world."
La Crosse was created in 1876.
It was named after the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin.
La Crosse subsequently became the intended county seat, and county records were transferred there from the temporary county seat, nearby Rush Center.
A county seat war ensued between the two communities, lasting until La Crosse was declared the permanent county seat and the construction of the county courthouse in 1888.
Tornado of 2012
On May 25, 2012, an EF-1 tornado caused about four blocks of a lot of damage, and two businesses were destroyed.
A third of the businesses had very bad damage.
La Crosse is at  (38.532014, -99.308614).
It has an elevation of 2,057 feet (627 m).
It is about  south of the Smoky Hill River and  north of Walnut Creek, which is a tributary of the Arkansas River.
Sand Creek, a tributary of Walnut Creek, goes southeast around the southwestern and southern parts of the city.
It is in west-central Kansas at the intersection of U.S. Route 183 and K-4.
La Crosse is  northwest of Wichita,  west-southwest of Kansas City, and  east-southeast of Denver.
On average in La Crosse, July is the hottest month, January is the coldest month, and May is the wettest month.
The hottest temperature ever in La Crosse was 115 °F (46 °C) in 1954; the coldest temperature ever was -24 °F (-31 °C) in 1989.
Rush County Airport is northeast of the city.
It is on the north side of K-4.
It has one runway.
The Rush County News is the local newspaper.
It is published once per week in La Crosse.
City of La Crosse
La Crosse - Directory of Public Officials
USD 395, local school district
La Crosse Info, Legends of Kansas
La Crosse City Map, KDOT
Cities in Rush County, Kansas
Lakin is a city in Kearny County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Kearny County.
In 2010, 2,216 people lived there.
Lakin was created in 1874.
It was named after David Long Lakin, the former treasurer of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
A post office in Lakin was built in March 1874.
In 1888, Lakin was chosen to be the county seat.
City of Lakin
Lakin - Directory of Public Officials
USD 215, local school district
Lakin City Map, KDOT
Larned is a city in Pawnee County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Pawnee County.
In 2010, 4,054 people lived there.
Larned was planned out in 1873.
The first post office in Larned was created in 1872.
The city was named after nearby Fort Larned, which operated from 1859 to 1878.
It was also named after Colonel Benjamin F. Larned, U.S. Army Paymaster from July 1854 to his death September 6, 1862.
Larned is at  (38.182109, -99.101696).
Larned has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.
The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Larned has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
The local newspaper is Larned Tiller & Toiler.
Belle Jennings Benchley, "the Zoo lady", former director of the San Diego Zoo
Gene Keady, current Big Ten sportscaster, former head coach for the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Hal Patterson, former professional football player and member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Glee S. Smith, Jr., former Kansas state legislator and lawyer
Ralph Terry, retired New York Yankees pitcher, 2× All-Star (1961, 1962), 2× World Series champion (1961, 1962), World Series MVP (1962), AL wins leader (1962), former professional golfer in retirement
Mitch Webster, retired Major League Baseball outfielder
John Zook, former football player, all-state, all Big 8 (University of Kansas), and all-pro NFL player
City of Larned
USD 495 , local school district
Santa Fe Trail Center
Historic Passenger Rail service in Pawnee County
Postcards from Larned
Historic Images of Larned, Special Photo Collections at Wichita State University Library.
Larned City Map, KDOT
Omero Antonutti (3 August 1935 – 5 November 2019) was an Italian actor.
His best known roles were in Padre Padrone, El Sur, and Carlos Saura in El Dorado.
He also played Noah in Genesis: The Creation and the Flood.
Ernest James Gaines (January 15, 1933 – November 5, 2019) was an American writer.
He was born in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana.
His best known works were A Lesson Before Dying, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Gathering of Old Men.
He won the won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction.
He was added into the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) as a Chevalier.
The Ernest J. Gaines Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Teaching Materials for Works by Ernest J. Gaines
Samples of Gaines' writing
Interview with Gaines
Article about Gaines: "Going Home"
Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and politician.
He was the U.S. Representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassination as part of the Jonestown massacre in 1978.
JoinCalifornia, Election History for the State of California
Congressman Leo J Ryan Memorial Page, hosted by Arnaldo Lerma
Leo J Ryan Memorial park in Foster City, California
William Marrion Branham (April 6, 1909 – December 24, 1965) was an American Christian minister and faith healer.
He left a lasting impact on televangelism and the modern Charismatic movement.
He was seen as the "principal architect of restorationist thought" for Charismatics by some Christian historians.
Cumberland County is a county located in the Pennyroyal Plateau region of the U.S. state of Kentucky.
As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,856.
Junius Kwan-yiu Ho (born 4 June 1962) is a Hong Kong lawyer and politician.
He is a former president of the Law Society of Hong Kong and chairman of the Tuen Mun Rural Committee.
He was an elected member of the Tuen Mun District Council since 2015.
Baburam Bhattarai (born 18 June 1954) is a Nepalese politician.
He has a PhD in rural development from Jawaharlal University Delhi in 1986.
Pridi Banomyong (, , ; 11 May 1900 – 2 May 1983), also known by his noble title Luang Praditmanutham () was a Thai politician and professor.
As a Thai Regent, prime minister and senior statesman of Thailand, he also held multiple ministerial posts.
He was a leader of the civilian wing of Khana Ratsadon, founder of University of Moral and Political Sciences and the Bank of Thailand.
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
It is also called the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals.
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) decided to make the treaty in 1963.
Countries started signing it on 3 March 1973.
CITES started to have effect on 1 July 1975.
Mirjapur is a Village Development Committee (VDC) in the Narayani Zone of Southern Nepal.
Now, Mirjapur is a ward of Chhipaharmai Gaupalika.
At the time of 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 4,229 people living.
Settlements in Nepal
The Lower Mainland (LM) is the name for the area that includes Vancouver and the surrounding cities within the Metro Vancouver Regional District and the Fraser Valley Regional District.
The Fraser Valley is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada.
It was created in 1995 by combining three regional districts named Fraser-Cheam, Dewdney-Alouette and Central Fraser Valley.
The regional district includes 6 municipalities and 8 electoral areas.
The district covers 13,361.74 square kilometres (5,159 square miles).
The BET Awards is an American award show.
It started in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network.
The award celebrates African Americans and other American minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the previous year.
The awards are presented each year, and are broadcast live on BET.
BET Awards website
50 Central is an American sketch comedy television series hosted by 50 Cent.
The series premiered on BET on September 27, 2017.
Rob Moran, is an actor and producer.
Moran has appeared in over 60 films.
He has produced a few of them.
In 1982, Moran graduated from Emerson College.
In 1985, Rob and actress Julie Bryan began dating.
They met on a Ford automotive commercial.
They were married in 1987.
In 1999, their daughter Maiya Dupree was born.
In 2004, their second daughter Makayla-Amet was born.
A micro-hydro power (MHP) plant is a type of hydroelectric power scheme that produces electricity using a flowing stream or a water flow.
Micro-hydro systems are generally used in developing countries to provide electricity to isolated communities or rural villages where electricity grid is not available.
Feeding back into the national grid when electricity production is in surplus is also evident in some cases.
The micro-hydro scheme design can be approached as per household basis or at the village level often involving local materials and labor
The 1970s saw the publication of several books by Anninsky, among them Betrothed to the Idea (on Nikolai Ostrovsky’s How the Steel Was Tempered, 1971) and Vasily Shukshin (1976).
Anninsky's books of the 1980s included The Leo Hunters (Lev Tolstoy in cinema), 1980, 1989; Leskovian Necklace (1982, 1885), Contacts (1982), Branches Full of Sunlight (a study on Lithuanian photography, 1984), Nikolai Gubenko (1986) and The Three Heretics (1988).
Опыт автобиографии, при попутном выяснении базовых ценностей
Edward Calvert Nixon (May 3, 1930 – February 27, 2019) was an American entrepreneur.
He was the youngest brother of  United States President Richard Nixon.
He co-authored his memoir, The Nixons: A Family Portrait, with Karen L. Olson.
The book was published in 2009.
He was born in Whittier, California.
From 1971 until his death, Nixon was the president of Nixon World Enterprises, Inc., an international consulting service based in Washington state.
Nixon also taught as an assistant professor of naval science at the University of Washington.
He was the last surviving member of the five Nixon brothers.
Nixon Fun Facts via Nixon Foundation
Bothell () is a city in King and Snohomish counties in the U.S. state of Washington.
It is part of the Seattle metropolitan area.
As of the 2010 census it had a population of 33,505.
Knives Out is a 2019 American black comedy mystery movie written, produced and directed by Rian Johnson.
The movie is about a rich family gathering gone horribly wrong, after the family patriarch's death leads a master detective to investigate.
Ana Celia de Armas Caso (born 30 April 1988) is a Cuban-Spanish actress.
In 2015, she starred in her first American movie, Knock Knock, followed by Exposed, Hands of Stone, and War Dogs.
In 2017, she had her breakout role as AI hologram Joi in the critically acclaimed science fiction movie Blade Runner 2049.
MonoDevelop is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) developed by Unity technologies for c# programming.
Katherine Langford (born 29 April 1996) is an Australian actress.
She is known for her role as Hannah Baker in the first two seasons of the Netflix teen drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–2018).
She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama.
Langford has also taken on supporting roles in the movies Love, Simon (2018) and Knives Out (2019).
He is known for his role as Jimmie Lee Jackson in Selma (2014), Snoop Dogg in Straight Outta Compton (2015), and Patrick Haynes in Snowden (2016).
Since 2016, he has starred as Darius Epps in the FX comedy-drama series Atlanta.
In the United States and Canada, redlining is the process of denying services to residents of specific, often racially dominant neighborhoods or communities, either directly or through the selective raising of prices.
It is often seen as a modern day version of segregation.
K Callan (born Katherine Elizabeth Borman; January 9, 1936) is an American author and actress.
She is best known for playing Clark Kent's mother Martha in the ABC television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
Leoti, pronounced "Lee-OH-Tah."
is a city in Wichita County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Wichita County.
In 2010, 1,534 people lived there.
Leoti was created in 1885.
It was created by a group of men from Garden City, Kansas.
In 1887, it was involved in the bloodiest county seat fight in the history of the American West.
The shooting was on February 27, 1887.
Men—some would say hired gunmen—from Leoti, went to the nearby, rival town of Coronado.
The gunmen left several people dead and wounded.
Leoti is at  (38.484073, -101.357639).
Leoti is served by USD 467 Wichita County Schools.
Ben Diggins, baseball player.
Steve Tasker, American football player (retired), sportscaster.
City of Leoti
Leoti - Directory of Public Officials
Wichita County Museum
Wichita County High School
Leoti City Map, KDOT
Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (born 10 June 1957) is a British politician.
He has been the Speaker of the House of Commons since 2019.
He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Chorley since 1997.
He was a Labour Party MP, but has been independent since 2019.
Speakers of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The Speaker of the House of Commons directs the legislative branch of the UK government.
The Speaker is the chief executive of the House of Commons, the lower house and primary chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Living former Speakers
Current speaker and deputy speakers
The Speaker of the House of Commons (from parliament.uk)
Parliament (from direct.gov.uk)
Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (July 18, 1906 – February 27, 1992) was a Canadian-born American academic and politician.
He was a professor of English.
He was the president of San Francisco State University, and then as U.S. Senator from California from 1977 to 1983.
Samuel I. Hayakawa papers at the Hoover Institution Archives
Australian General Semantics Society
John Joseph Ricketts (born July 16, 1941) is an American businessman and philanthropist.
He is the founder, former CEO and former chairman of TD Ameritrade.
He had a net worth of US$2.7 billion as of 2019 according to Forbes.
Ricketts also engages in philanthropy through The Ricketts Art Foundation, Opportunity Education Foundation, The Cloisters on the Platte Foundation, and The Ricketts Conservation Foundation.
The Governor of Nebraska holds the "supreme executive power" of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
The current office holder is Pete Ricketts, a Republican, who was sworn in on January 8, 2015.
List of State Governors
The Wadden Sea is a part of the North Sea.
It is an intertidal zone, up to  wide.
It runs from the Netherlands to the South of Denmark.
It is up to  of coastline.
The land that appears at low tide is called mudflat in English (and Watt in German).
It is at the origin of the name.
Landforms of the Netherlands
World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands
Lincoln Center, more commonly known as Lincoln, is a city in Lincoln County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Lincoln County.
In 2010, 1,297 people lived there.
Settler George Green created the town of Lincoln in 1870.
He named it after the county. "
Center" was added to its name to indicate its location in the central part of the county.
However, elections in November 1870 led to the seat being moved to nearby Abram.
This started a county seat war.
Another vote in February 1872 reversed the switch, and Lincoln Center became the permanent county seat.
The people moved all the buildings in Abram to Lincoln, combining the two communities.
In 1879, the town was incorporated as the city of Lincoln Center.
It is still officially called "Lincoln Center" in the United States Census.
However, both the city government and local chamber of commerce call the city Lincoln.
It shows as "Lincoln" on state maps and signs.
In 1906, the city's first power plant opened, providing electric power.
By 1950, the state highway commission had completed K-14 and K-18 through Lincoln.
Lincoln Center is at  (39.041744, -98.146760).
The city is on the north side of the Saline River.
Yauger Creek, a tributary of the Saline River, goes south along the eastern edge of the city.
It goes until its confluence with the Saline just south of the city.
The confluence of the Saline and Lost Creek, another of the river's tributaries, is southwest of the city.
It is at the intersection of Kansas Highway 14 (K-14) and Kansas Highway 18 (K-18) in north-central Kansas.
Lincoln Center is  northwest of Wichita,  west of Kansas City, and  east-southeast of Denver.
Lincoln Center has hot, humid summers and cold, dry winters.
The average temperature is 55.1 °F (12 °C), and the average precipitation per year is 27.4 inches (69 cm).
Snowfall averages 19.3 inches (49 cm) per year.
On average, July is the warmest month, January is the coldest month, and May is the wettest month.
The hottest temperature ever in Lincoln was 117 °F (47 °C) in 1947; the coldest temperature ever was -27 °F (-33 °C) in 1989.
Lincoln Unified School District 298 (USD 298) controls two public schools in Lincoln Center:  Lincoln Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-6) and Lincoln Junior/Senior High School (7-12).
Lincoln Municipal Airport is about a mile northwest of Lincoln Center on K-18.
It is used for general aviation
The Lincoln Sentinel-Republican is the local newspaper.
William Baker (1831-1910), U.S. Representative from Kansas
Jessa Crispin (1978- ), book critic
Don Wendell Holter (1905-1999), Methodist bishop
Daniel Ray Hull (1890-1964), landscape architect
Martin Johnson (1884-1937), adventurer, explorer, and documentary filmmaker
Bessie Anderson Stanley (1879-1952), poet
Uncas A. Whitaker (1900-1975), engineer, entrepreneur
City of Lincoln
Lincoln - Directory of Public Officials
USD 298, local school district
Lincoln City Map, KDOT
Lyndon is a city in Osage County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Osage County.
In 2010, 1,052 people lived there.
Lyndon was created in 1869.
It was created after the land in the area was taken from the Sac and Fox Nation and opened for settlement.
Lyndon is at  (38.610233, -95.685352).
Lyndon has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.
The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Lyndon has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
City of Lyndon
Lyndon - Directory of Public Officials
USD 421, local school district
Lyndon City Map, KDOT
Lyons is a city in Rice County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Rice County.
In 2010, 3,739 people lived there.
Lyons was originally called Atlanta, and it was created in 1870.
Its name changed to Lyons in 1876, in honor of Freeman J. Lyons.
In 1878, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and people from Marion County and McPherson County started the Marion and McPherson Railway Company.
In 1879, a railroad was built from Florence to McPherson.
In 1880, it was extended to Lyons.
In 1881, it was extended to Ellinwood.
The line was controlled by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
The line from Florence to Marion, was left in 1968.
In 1992, the line from Marion to McPherson was sold to Central Kansas Railway.
In 1993, because of heavy flood damage, the line from Marion to McPherson was left.
The original branch line connected Florence, Marion, Canada, Hillsboro, Lehigh, Canton, Galva, McPherson, Conway, Windom, Little River, Mitchell, Lyons, Chase, and Ellinwood.
Lyons is at  (38.344962, -98.202493).
The Köppen climate classification says that Lyons has a humid continental climate, Dfa on climate maps.
William Borah (1865-1940), U.S. Senator from Idaho
Marshall Christmann (1976- ), Kansas state legislator
James Fankhauser (1939- ), conductor, singer
Orville Harrold (1878-1933), actor, opera singer
James Pulliam (1925-2005), architect
Marcia Rodd (1940- ), actress
Jerry Cox Vasconcells (1892-1950), U.S. Army captain, World War I flying ace
Milton R. Wolf (1971- ), radiologist, Kansas politician
City of Lyons
Lyons - Directory of Public Officials
USD 405, local school district
Lyons City Map, KDOT
1870 establishments in Kansas
Mankato is a city in Jewell County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Jewell County.
In 2010, 869 people lived there.
Mankato was first called Jewell Center.
It planned out in 1872.
It was renamed to Mankato in 1880, it was named after Mankato, Minnesota.
Mankato was incorporated as a city in 1880.
The first post office in the town was created in August 1872.
It was first called "Jewell Center."
The post office was renamed to Mankato in April 1880.
Mankato is at  (39.787220, -98.209274).
Mankato has USD 107 Rock Hills.
The Rock Hills High School mascot is the Grizzlies.
Before school unification, Mankato was home to Mankato High School.
Its mascot was the Cougars.
The Mankato Cougars won the Kansas State High School boys class B basketball championship in 1943.
Wint Smith (1892–1976) Congressman, represented Kansas from 1947-1961.
Ernest Tippin (1890-1958) Olympic sharpshooter.
Gregg Doud, Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Rank of Ambassador, in the Office of the United States Trade Representative, being confirmed March 1, 2018.
City of Mankato
Mankato - Directory of Public Officials
USD 107, local school district
Mankato City Map, KDOT
Cities in Jewell County, Kansas
Marion is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Marion County.
It was named after Francis Marion, a Brigadier General of the American Revolutionary War, known as the "Swamp Fox".
In 2010, 1,927 people lived there.
The city of Marion Centre was created in 1860.
It became the county seat.
A post office was created in Marion Centre on September 30, 1862.
It was renamed to Marion on October 15, 1881.
As early as 1875, city leaders of Marion had a meeting to consider a branch railroad from Florence.
In 1880 it was extended to Lyons.
In 1881 it was extended to Ellinwood.
The line was used by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
The original railroad connected Florence, Marion, Canada, Hillsboro, Lehigh, Canton, Galva, McPherson, Conway, Windom, Little River, Mitchell, Lyons, Chase, Ellinwood.
Later, the Santa Fe depot building became the Marion Library.
In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a railroad north-south from Herington through Marion to Caldwell.
It closed in 1891.
It was taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, which closed in 1980 and became the Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad.
It merged 1988 with Missouri Pacific Railroad.
It merged in 1997 with Union Pacific Railroad.
Most locals still call this railroad as the "Rock Island".
In 1888, Marion incorporated as a city.
In 1889, the Marion Belt and Chingawasa Springs Railroad built a  railroad from Marion north-east to Chingawasa Springs.
A hotel was built near the place of the spa at Chingawasa Springs.
A depot and restaurant were built too.
Both Santa Fe and Rock Island had round trip fares from Chicago and western cities to Chingawasa Springs.
The Panic of 1893 closed down the health spa and hotel, and businesses along the tracks never developed well.
In 1893, the railroad stopped, and tracks were removed in 1910.
In 1937, the Marion County Lake was completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps south-east of Marion.
It was to be used for recreation.
There were many floods during the early history of Marion.
In June and July 1951, due to heavy rains, rivers and streams flooded many cities in Kansas, including Marion.
Many reservoirs and levees were built in Kansas because of the Great Flood of 1951.
From 1964 to 1968, the Marion Reservoir was built north-west of Marion.
Downstream from the Marion Reservoir, levees were built in the low areas of Marion and Florence.
In 2010, the Keystone-Cushing Pipeline (Phase II) was built west of Marion, north to south through Marion County.
There was a lot of controversy over road damage, tax exemption, and environmental concerns (if a leak ever happens).
Marion is at  (38.348952, −97.016037).
It is in the Flint Hills.
Marion has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.
The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Marion has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
Elgin Hotel (NRHP), 115 North 3rd Street.
Currently a Bed and Breakfast.
First Presbyterian Church (NRHP), 610 East Lawrence Street.
Hill Grade School (NRHP), 601 East Main Street.
Marion County Courthouse (NRHP), 200 South 3rd Street.
Marion County Museum, 623 East Main Street.
Formerly the First Baptist Church from 1882 to mid-1950s.
Marion County Lake,  east of Marion on 190th Street (Main) then  south on Upland Road.
Marion Reservoir, exits closest to farther from Marion along US-56: Marion cove and Cottonwood Point cove (Pawnee Road), Overlook and Dam (Old Mill Road), Hillsboro cove (Nighthawk Road), French Creek cove (Limestone Road).
Chingawassa Days Festival
Old Settler's Day
Art in the Park and Craft Show
Marion is part of Unified School District 408.
The high school is a member of T.E.E.N.. It is a network of educational videos, and it is shared between five area high schools.
Marion County Record, official newspaper for City of Marion and Marion County.
Hillsboro Free Press, free newspaper for greater Marion County area.
Randolph Carpenter (1894–1956), U.S. Representative from Kansas and a U.S. Army World War I veteran.
Charlie Faust (1880–1915), Major League baseball player
Beverly Hoch (born 1951), soprano
Edward Hoch (1849–1925), Kansas House of Representatives, 17th Governor of Kansas, editor of Marion County Record, Hoch Auditoria at University of Kansas was named after him.
Homer Hoch (1879–1949), U.S. Congressman, member of Kansas Supreme Court, lawyer, editor of Marion County Record
Tex Jones (1885–1938), Major League baseball player
Eric Meyer (born 1953), journalism professor at University of Illinois, Pulitzer Prize nominee, president and majority owner of Hoch Publishing Co (in Marion)
Fay Moulton (1876–1945), Olympic sprinter, football player and coach, lawyer; served as fifth head football coach at Kansas State Agricultural College, now Kansas State University
Samuel Peters (1842–1910), Captain in Union Army (1861–1865), Kansas State Senate (1874–1875), Judge of 9th District (1875–1883), U.S. House of Representatives (1883–1891), editor of Newton Daily Kansas-Republican (1899), postmaster in Newton (1898–1910), lawyer in Newton and Marion.
William Runyan (1870–1957), preacher, songwriter who composed "Great Is Thy Faithfulness"
Carla Stovall (born 1957), Kansas Attorney General
Marion County Dreamed of Prosperity in Chingawassa Springs, Quarry Siding and Rainbow Lake; Marion Record Review; September 14, 1944.
Memories of Old Chingawassa Railroad and Resort; Marion Record; September 10/11 Souvenir Edition, 1941.
First Mayor of Marion Centre; Jack Costello; Marion Record; September 10/11 Souvenir Edition, 1941.
Presbyterian Church Seventy Years Old; Marion Record; September 11, 1941.
Marion, Kansas; Printing Bureau, 1926.
Marion - Directory of Public Officials, League of Kansas Municipalities
USD 408, school district for Marion, Florence, Eastshore, Canada, Aulne, nearby rural areas of Marion County
USD 408 School District Boundary Map, KDOT
Historic Images of Marion, Special Photo Collections at Wichita State University Library
, archive of KsGenWeb
Marion County history bibliography,  Marion County school bibliography, Kansas Historical Society
Historic Elgin Hotel B&B
Marion City Map, KDOT
Topo Map of Marion / Aulne / Canada area, USGS
Topo Map of Marion to Florence area, USGS
Cities in Marion County, Kansas
Xia Peisu was a Chinese computer scientist and Teacher.
She is known for her research in computer science and technology.
She has been called the "Mother of Computer Science in China".
Xia took the lead on the team that made the Model 107.
This was the first computer designed locally in China.
She and her husband Yang Liming were elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991.
In 2010, she was given the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the China Computer Federation.
Xia was born on 28 July 1923 in Chongqing, Sichuan.
Her grandfather, Xia Fengxun (夏风薰) had spent forty years as a teacher.
Her father, Xia Hongru (夏鸿儒), ran a school in Jiangjin County, Chongqing.
Her mother, Huang Xiaoyong (黄孝永), was a teacher at the Jiangjin Girls' Middle School and headmistress of Jiangjin Girls' Primary School.
Xia learned ancient Chinese prose and mathematics at a young age.
At fourteen years old, she was accepted into Nanyu Secondary School (now Chongqing Nankai Secondary School).
In this school she was at the top of her class.
In 1939, Xia moved to the National No.
Nine Middle School in Jiangjin County.
She graduated high school in 1940 at the top of her class.
After that she started in electrical engineering at the National Central University.
She later earned a bachelor's degree.
After this she did postgraduate studies at the Telecommunications Research Institute of National Chiao Tung University (Chongqing) from 1945 to 1947.
In 1947, she went to the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom.
She earned a doctorate there in 1950.
Xia and her husband Yang Liming returned to China in 1951.
She then became a researcher in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University.
In 1952, mathematician Hua Luogeng started work on China's first electronic computer.
He recruited Xia and two other scientists to lead the project.
Later the two other scientists left the project, which left Xia to be the only leader of it.
Under her leadership, the project made Model 107 in 1958.
This was the first electric computer designed in China.
In March 1956, Xia taught China's first course in computer theory.
She also wrote Principles of the Electronic Computer which was the first computer science textbook in China.
When the University of Science and Technology of China was founded in 1958, Xia set up its computer science department.
She taught more than 700 students from 1956 to 1962.
She helped to start the Chinese Journal of Computers in 1978 and the Journal of Computer Science and Technology in 1986.
Xia advised more than 60 graduate students.
Two of these won top national prizes for their theses.
She taught , who led the development of the Sugon supercomputers.
She also taught , who designed the Loongson CPU.
In 1991, Xia and her husband were elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
She also received first Lifetime Achievement Award from the China Computer Federation.
In 1945, Xia met Yang Liming.
They married in 1950, when they were both at the University of Edinburgh.
Yang later became a theoretical physicist.
They had two sons, Yang Yuenian and Yang Yuemin.
Xia Peisu at the National Museum for Modern Chinese Scientists
Meade is a city in Meade County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Meade County.
In 2010, 1,721 people lived there.
Meade was planned out and incorporated in 1885.
It was named after Gen. George Meade.
City of Meade
Meade - Directory of Public Officials
Meade Economic Development
USD 226, local school district
Photos of early Meade
Photos of Meade schools
Meade City Map, KDOT
Cities in Meade County, Kansas
Mound City is a city in Linn County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Linn County.
In 2010, 694 people lived there.
Mound City was created in 1855.
During the Civil War, a military post was created at Mound City.
On October 25, 1864, Mound City was attacked twice by Confederates retreating south.
They were retreating after their defeat at the Battle of Westport.
The military post was closed in June 1865 after the end of the war.
Mound City is at  (38.142026, -94.812186).
Mound City has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.
The Köppen Climate Classification system, Mound City has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
Mound City is served by Jayhawk USD 346.
City of Mound City
Mound City - Directory of Public Officials
USD 346, local school district
Mound City Map, KDOT
Oakley is a city in Gove, Logan, and Thomas counties in the U.S. state of Kansas.
It is also the county seat of Logan County.
In 2010, 2,045 people lived there.
The area that would become Oakley was settled in the 1870s and 1880s by people on the Smoky Hill Trail.
Oakley was created in 1884 by Judge Fredman and David D. Hoag.
It was first named Carlyle.
Its name was changed to Cleveland.
The name changed again to Oakley in 1885.
It was named after Hoag's mother, Elizabeth Oakley Gardner Hoag.
Oakley is at  (39.128023, -100.854490).
It has an elevation of 3,064 feet (934 m).
It is about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the South Fork of the Saline River in the High Plains region of the Great Plains.
The city is at the intersection of Interstate 70, U.S. Route 40, and U.S. Route 83 in northwest Kansas.
It is in the northeast corner of Logan County, and portions of it extend into Gove County and Thomas County.
Oakley is about 211 miles (340 km) northwest of Wichita, 227 miles east-southeast of Denver, and 335 miles (539 km) west of Kansas City.
Oakley has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.
The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Oakley has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps.
The Oakley Graphic is the local newspaper.
The first edition of the newspaper was published on November 22, 1889.
Oakley - Directory of Public Officials
USD 274, local school system
Fick Museum
Oakley City Map, KDOT
Palace Community Theatre
Oberlin is a city in Decatur County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Decatur County.
In 2010, 1,788 people lived there.
Oberlin was platted as a town in 1878.
It was named after Oberlin, Ohio.
On September 30, 1878, Northern Cheyenne were running from the Indian Territory to their homes in the north.
The Northern Cheyenne Exodus, attacked people near Oberlin.
Oberlin is at  (39.821235, -100.528369).
It has an elevation of 2,562 feet (781 m).
It is on the northwest side of Sappa Creek, a tributary of the Republican River, in the High Plains region of the Great Plains.
It is at the intersection of U.S. Route 36 and U.S. Route 83 in northwest Kansas.
Oberlin is  northwest of Wichita,  east of Denver, and  west-northwest of Kansas City.
Oberlin has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa).
It has hot, dry summers and cold, dry winters.
The average temperature in Oberlin is 52 °F (11 °C).
Temperatures hotter than 90 °F (32 °C) happen on average 62 days per year and dropping below 32 °F (0 °C) an average of 158 days a year.
Oberlin gets precipitation 66 days a year and snowfall happens 11 days a year.
Precipitation averages 23 inches (574 mm) per year, and snowfall averages 32 inches (80 cm) per year.
The hottest temperature ever in Oberlin was 111 °F (44 °C) in 1954; the coldest temperature ever was -31 °F (-35 °C) in 1989.
Oberlin USD 294 has two public schools in the city:  Oberlin Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-6) and Decatur Community Junior/Senior High School (7-12).
The Oberlin Herald is Oberlin's only newspaper.
Oberlin is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas television market.
NBC affiliate KSNK is licensed to McCook, Nebraska.
It broadcasts on channel 8 from studios west of Oberlin.
KSNK is a satellite station of KSNW in Wichita.
Brun Campbell – ragtime composer, pianist
Sam Francis – Overall #1 pick in 1937 NFL Draft, football coach at Kansas State University
Elmer Hackney – NFL running back
Richard Rogers – U.S. federal judge
Cora Simpson – nurse and nurse educator, founder of nursing school in Fuzhou, China
City of Oberlin, and Decatur County website
Oberlin - Directory of Public Officials
USD 294, local school district
Oberlin City Map, KDOT
Office of the Governor of Delaware
Delaware Hall of Governors
Michael Newbold Castle (born July 2, 1939) is an American attorney and politician.
He was the Governor of Delaware (1985–92) and the U.S. Representative for  (1993–2011).
News Meat
Osborne is a city in Osborne County, Kansas, United States.
It is also the county seat of Osborne County.
In 2010, 1,431 people lived there.
People from southeastern Pennsylvania created Osborne City in May 1871.
They named the settlement after Vincent B. Osborne, a Union Army veteran of the American Civil War.
Osborne County also is named after him.
Osborne City became the permanent county seat in November 1872.
In May 1873, a district judge officially said it was a city, but the townspeople did not create a government.
Five years later, a second attempt was successful, and the settlement incorporated as a city in 1878. "
City" was dropped from its name by the mid-1890s.
Osborne is at  (39.440651, -98.697118).
It is at the intersection of U.S. Route 281 and U.S. Route 24 in north-central Kansas.
It is about  northwest of Wichita,  west-northwest of Kansas City, and  east of Denver.
Osborne is on the north side of the South Fork Solomon River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.
The Osborne Canal, which is part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Webster Unit Project, goes east along the northern edge of the city.
On average in Osborne, July is the warmest month, January is the coldest month, and May is the wettest month.
The hottest temperature ever in Osborne was 116 °F (47 °C) in 1940; the coldest temperature ever was -31 °F (-35 °C) in 1989.
Osborne is a city of the second class.
It has a mayor-council form of government.
Osborne Municipal Airport is southeast of the city.
It is used mostly for general aviation.
Osborne is the western endpoint of a line of the Kyle Railroad.
The city is also the northwestern endpoint of a railroad of the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad.
The Osborne County Farmer is the local newspaper.
Chris Arpad (1967- ), steel drummer
Fred Cornwell (1961- ), football tight end
Edward L. Kessel (1904-1997), biologist
Joe Miller (1967- ), judge, Alaska politician
Lee Wykoff (1898-1974), Professional Wrestler
City of Osborne
Osborne - Directory of Public Officials
Historical Images
USD 392, local school district
Osborne City Map, KDOT
1871 establishments in Kansas
Roy Eugene Barnes (born March 11, 1948) is an American attorney and politician.
He was the 80th Governor of Georgia from 1999 to 2003.
Roy Barnes for Governor official campaign site
Barnes Law Group
Roy Barnes  at the New Georgia Encyclopedia
Lawmakers Flashbacks  at Georgia Public Broadcasting
Profile in Courage Award  from the John F. Kennedy Library
Commission on No Child Left Behind  at the Aspen Institute
Mableton is a census-designated place in Cobb County, Georgia, United States.
As of the 2010 census, Mableton had a population of 37,115.
The governor of Maine receives a salary of $70,000, which  is the lowest by $20,000 of the 50 state governors.
The Governor of Maine is the head of the executive branch of Maine's state government and the commander-in-chief of its military forces.
The governor has a duty to enforce state laws,
John Elias Baldacci (born January 30, 1955) is an American politician.
He was the 73rd Governor of Maine from 2003 to 2011.
He was a Democrat, he also was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.
Oskaloosa is a city in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States.
In 2010, 1,113 people lived there.
Oskaloosa was created in 1856.
The first post office in Oskaloosa was created in November 1856.
In 1888, Oskaloosa people elected Mary D. Lowman mayor with a city council composed entirely of women.
This makes the city the first in Kansas to elect a city administration that has only women.
Oskaloosa is at  (39.215849, -95.313800).
It is at the intersection of U.S. Route 59 and K-92, about 15 miles north of Lawrence.
Oskaloosa has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.
The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Oskaloosa has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
Roger Barker, pioneering sociologist who studied everyday life in Oskaloosa.
McKinley Burnett, leading figure in Brown v. Board of Education.
James Reynolds, actor on Days of Our Lives for over 30 years.
C. Wesley Roberts, Chairman of the Republican Party, father of U.S. Senator Pat Roberts.
Dummy Taylor, deaf Major League Baseball pitcher.
City of Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa - Directory of Public Officials
USD 341, local school district
Oskaloosa City Map, KDOT
The governor of Mississippi is the head of the executive branch of Mississippi's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
Governors of the Territory of Mississippi (1798–1817)
Governors of the U.S. state of Mississippi (1817–present)
David Ronald "Ronnie" Musgrove (born July 29, 1956) is an American lawyer and politician.
He was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from January 16, 1996 to January 11, 2000 and as the 62nd Governor of Mississippi from January 11, 2000 to January 13, 2004.
Tocowa is a Ghost town located just outside Batesville in Panola County, Mississippi, United States.
Daniel Kirkwood "Kirk" Fordice Jr. (February 10, 1934 – September 7, 2004), was an American politician and businessman.