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Presentation Set in Hiawatha on Ks Cattle Towns

By Greg Bebermeyer

07/13/2012

( KNZA )--The Brown County Historical Society in Hiawatha will host a presentation on Kansas cattle towns Tuesday evening.
The presentation and discussion by Jim Gray will take place at 7pm at Frances Sewell Plamann History Center located at 701 Oregon Street in Hiawatha.
Members of the community are invited to attend the free program.
Many misconceptions have endured to distort the actual history of the Kansas cattle town. Gray’s presentation will reveal the Wild West as it really was.
Gray is a 6th generation Kansan, whose family migrated during the territorial days. In 1996, Gray founded the C.O.W.B.O.Y. (Cockeyed Old West Band of Yahoos) Society to promote and preserve Kansas’ cowboy heritage through the bi-monthly newspaper, “Kansas Cowboy.” He recently authored the book, “Desperate Seed: Ellsworth Kansas on the Violent Frontier.” His newest venture, “The Way West,” is a weekly column available in newspapers across the state.
The program is made possible by the Kansas Humanities Council and locally sponsored by Rainbow Communications.
For more information contact the Brown County Historical Society at 785-742-3330 or visit www.bckshistory.com.

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