The Flint Hills of Kansas
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Hills in Kansas?
Yes, Kansas has the rolling Flint Hills where you'll see tall grass prairie, limestone outcroppings, and a sky that goes on forever. I grew up nearby, and my mother spent her childhood in the Flint Hills. We love the sweeping vistas and subtle folds of the Flint Hills area.
An afternoon thunderstorm coming through the Flint Hills
Photographic Print
Richardson, Jim
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My Favorite Flint Hills Blog
Books about the Flint Hills
My Mom's Book about Growing up in the Flint Hills
My Flint Hills Childhood: Growing Up in 1930s Kansas
and other books about the Flint Hills
A childhood on the Kansas prairies in the 1930s springs vividly to life in the detailed memories of Gail Martin. Her simple accounts of long ago school days, celebrations, and family life are a treasure. Travel back in time to life in the Flint Hills during the Great Depression and the time leading up to World War II.
The memories include her father's work in the oil field, trips to town in the family's Model A, raising her pet badger, fishing on the Cottonwood River, and wearing dresses made from feed sack material.
The book also explores her family's role in early Kansas history with details of covered wagons, homesteading, the Civil War, and fledgling industries. These range from Tyro to Teterville to Eureka.
The memories include her father's work in the oil field, trips to town in the family's Model A, raising her pet badger, fishing on the Cottonwood River, and wearing dresses made from feed sack material.
The book also explores her family's role in early Kansas history with details of covered wagons, homesteading, the Civil War, and fledgling industries. These range from Tyro to Teterville to Eureka.
- Flint Hills books on Blurb
- Blurb is a print-on-demand site. My Flint Hills Childhood is available on the site in paperback and deluxe hardback editions.
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Gail Lee Martin's Facebook Fan Page
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You'll get background information on Gail's life and books, and announcements of book signings and notices of new books coming out.
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Plant Prairie Wildflowers for Your Own Backyard Prairie
A Map of the Flint Hills
The Flint Hills in Flickr Photos
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The Beauty of the Flint Hills at Sunset
Consider Taking Your Next Vacation in the Kansas Flint Hills
Back to the Land... a phrase that resonates with earthy feelings. Take time to get in tune with the seasons, the growing grasses, the sky that goes on and on, and all the wildlife and wildflowers that make up the Flint Hills of Kansas.
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Tour the Flint Hills
in video
- America's Heartland Video - A Sea of Grass
- 150 years ago, far-flung tribes of Plains Indians and wagon trains carrying settlers gazed out across an endless sea of tall prairie grass. Enjoy this informative and scenic video!
Which Flint Hills Romance Book is Your Favorite?
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Kansas Brides: Stranger's Bride/Never a Bride/Bittersweet Bride/His Brother's Bride (Heartsong Novella Collection) by Denise Hunter
Is marriage the answer to life's difficulties, or more...0 points
That Wilder Boy (Kansas Weddings, Book 2) by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Carrie Mays knows that to whom much is given much more...0 points
What the Blogs Say About the Flint Hills
Carefully managed fires sweep across the Flint Hills in spring
Photographic Print
Richardson, Jim
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- The 14th Annual Flint Hills FolkLife Festival
- By The Emporia Gazette The Folklife Festival returns to the lawn of historic Chase County Court House on Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10. Historic Presenters in period dress will demonstrate skills necessary for life on the Kansas Prairie in the ...
- Flint Hills Rodeo celebrates 75 years
- By The Capital-Journal The Flint Hills Rodeo, the longest consecutively rodeo in Kansas, is pulling out all of the stops as it celebrates its 75th anniversary Thursday through Saturday at the Flint Hills Rodeo Arena in Strong City, according to a news ...
- Parnell says gas is Interior's future
- During a speech at the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce's luncheon on Wednesday, Parnell said he sees promise in a private liquid natural gas trucking project being developed by Golden Valley Electric Association and Flint Hills Inc, ...
- Flint Hills farm rides a rabbit revival
- Rare Hare Barn, near tiny Leon (population 640) in the southern Flint Hills, has acquired cult-like status among chefs near and far for its humanely raised, hormone-free, heritage-breed rabbits. The timing couldn't have been better for husband-and-wife ...
More about the Flint Hills of Kansas
Have You Been To The Flint Hills?
Flint Hills in Summer by MAPASUE
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drbilltellsexcitingstories
Apr 8, 2012 @ 11:48 pm | delete
- Oh, yes... I had visited and squidliked earlier, when I was preparing my Kansas Flint Hills lens... Really enjoyed it, both times! ;-)
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mbgphoto Jan 16, 2010 @ 3:36 pm | delete
- Before I retired...I covered a territory that covered Missouri and Illinois. I lived in KC and often traveled down 35 through the Flint Hills to Wichita and beyond. Beautiful country!!
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lollyj
Dec 30, 2009 @ 7:50 am | delete
- I love the flint hills and live not too far north of where they begin. Anyone who thinks Kansas is flat and featureless has never seen the flint hills. Wonderful lens!! 5-fave-lensroll.
http://www.dispatchesfromkansas.com/ is another blog you might enjoy.
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