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Winfield, Kansas

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Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Hallie shares the memories of her father-in-law coming to New Salem, KS from IA during the 1870s. His homestead there was where he lived the rest of…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Harry was born in Larned, KS. His family moved to Cowley County because there was a drought in Larned. He attended Prairieview school and they lived…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Hobart shared his memories of the musicians that came to Winfield. In 1907, Frank Mossman, president of Southwestern College, asked his father to…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Howard was born in 1900 in Winfield, KS. He was raised by his grandparents. They moved here from North Carolina after the Civil War. They were both…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Ida shared her memories of growing up in the Tisdale area during the early 1900s. Her grandparents come from Kentucky in the early 1870s and settled…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Iva was born in 1894 near Burden on a farm that he parents rented. Eventually, they bought their own farm near Burden when she was a young girl. She…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
John Baird described the building of Byrant School which is now the Cowley County Historical Society Museum and other construction around Winfield,…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Julia grew up in Floral, KS. Her parents came from Chanute, KS around the time she was born in 1894. She went to school in Floral. The first floor was…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
The following musical pieces and readings were performed, Overture Steel Across the Plains, Wind People (Rails End) Coronodos, (Iron horse) Quest for…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Leonora shared the story of her grandfather coming to Winfield in 1870. He was a steamboat captain on the Mississippi during the Civil War. After the…