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All references agree that at least these five Chautauquas have continued operations, without missing a year, from the heyday of the Chautauqua Movement (1920s or earlier) into the 21st Century: Chautauqua Institution (the original Chautauqua in New York State). Lakeside Chautauqua in Lakeside, Ohio; Monteagle Sunday School Assembly in Monteagle ...
The program was presented in tents pitched "on a well-drained field near town". [13] After several days, the Chautauqua would fold its tents and move on. The method of organizing a series of touring Chautauquas is attributed to Vawter. [14] Among early Redpath comedians was Boob Brasfield. [15] Reactions to tent Chautauquas were mixed.
There were 53 households, out of which 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.6% were married couples living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.4% were non-families. 43.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older ...
By 3:06 a.m. on Thursday, December 16, the Four County Fire had reached a burned area of approximately 96,000 acres (39,000 ha) and satellites had detected heat from the wildfire seven miles away near Russell, Kansas. [11] Due to the wildfires and strong winds, 24 out of the 105 counties in Kansas issued local disaster declarations.
KCFD worked alongside fire crews from six other area agencies to control the fire, Lake said. As of around 4:15 p.m., a spokesman from KCFD told The Star that the fire on the north side of I-470 ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Kansas. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 371 law enforcement agencies employing 7,450 sworn police officers, about 266 for each 100,000 residents.
Fire swept through the Cielito Lindo Mexican restaurant overnight. The popular restaurant has been a fixture of downtown Lawrence for nearly 20 years. Investigators seek answers to what started ...
There once were more than 10,000 fire lookout persons [1] staffing more than 5,000 of fire lookout towers or fire lookout stations in the United States alone. [2] Now there are far fewer of both. Also there are a number of fire lookout trees. The U.S. state of Wisconsin decided to close its last 72 operating fire lookout towers in 2016. [3]