Memories spring eternal ...

100 YEARS AGO

(1908)

What is conceded to be the biggest wolf drive ever planned by man, in this state at least, is announced by the residents of the country lying between Hiattville and Hepler. The drive is to occur February 8th and will enclose 64,000 acres of earth, covering a radius of 100 miles. The line of march will be 40 miles, or longer than any battle line in the Civil War. Many from Fort Scott will go to the drive. It will be a spectacle well worth seeing. Several of the local sportsmen of the city have announced that they were going out to capture a few of the wolves.

75 YEARS AGO

(1933)

Casper Dikeman of the Maple Grove neighborhood was in the city Saturday trading.

Attorney Glen Louderback will go to Blue Mound tomorrow on legal business.

Mr. and Mrs. Hall of the Devon neighborhood were here Saturday shopping.

Grant Pellett of south of the city was in town Saturday transacting business.

Mound City--Henry Rose, 88, a Civil War veteran, died at his home here Sunday. He is survived by three daughters and one son. His wife is deceased. The funeral will be Wednesday at the community church in Mound City with burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery.

Dr. J.S. Cummings, 82, pioneer physician of Bronson, sustained painful but what is not believed to be serious injuries yesterday when the Ford coupe in which he was riding was struck by the Missouri Pacific passenger train, east bound. The accident happened at the road crossing near the depot at Bronson. Dr. Cummings was brought to Fort Scott on the train and taken to the Main Street Hospital. Dr. Cummings had left his residence in the north part of Bronson and was driving downtown when he met with the accident. The train struck the rear end of the coupe and knocked it against a telephone post. The coupe is considerably damaged. Dr. Cummings is the father of Mrs. G.R. Hughes of Fort Scott.

50 YEARS AGO

(1958)

George T. Farmer, 66, well-known realtor, 823 Holbrook, died today at Mercy Hospital. He was born July 3, 1891, at Devon, the son of L.D. and Alice Clayton Farmer. A lifetime resident of Bourbon County, he had resided in Fort Scott since 1937. Mr. Farmer served as court clerk for Bourbon County from 1932 through 1940. He worked for the U.S. Farm Administration and was associated with the Central Life Insurance Co. for several years. He opened his own realty company after the Central Life sold to the Victory Life, of Topeka. He married Arla May Brillhart July 24, 1914, at Fort Scott. She survives. The body is at Earl's Memorial Home. Burial will be in Dayton Cemetery.

25 YEARS AGO

(1983)

Photo caption: "Coatings of ice on trees grass and signs can be a thing of beauty amidst and dreariness of winter, but was a bit overdone this morning as the weight of the ice broke tree limbs like match sticks and bent the branches to the ground in the area of the Old Fort. City employees began working this morning to clear streets of limbs and branches. Frank Davis, city park foreman, threw branches off the street this morning on East National Avenue where many limbs broke and lined the street with debris. Main Street, visible behind ice-coated trees, was almost deserted."--Photos by John Beal and Tom Braker

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Thomas observed their 65th wedding anniversary Jan. 22 at their home in Bronson. Floyd Thomas and May Bowles were married Jan. 22, 1918, in Fort Scott. Both were born and raised in the Uniontown area. They have lived in Bourbon County all their lives.