Yearly Archives: 2012

Get Your Draw On!

Sami Windle Around Goodland, Events

The celebrate the Big Easel, come by the High Plains Museum Saturday, July 7th, from 1 to 5pm to design your own Big Easel t-shirt!  We're celbrating the Big Easel as the artist of the Big Easel, Cameron Cross, is back in Goodland to touch up the painting.   Drop by the museum this Saturday

Goodland’s Summer Life is HOT!

Sami Windle Around Goodland

Summer time has come to Goodland and with it comes fun! Fun can be found all around Goodland whether it is at the swimming pool, hanging out with friends at the Vault Creamery, or catching a summer game. Goodland’s summer life is hot! (more…)

Summer is a Lounging Word

Sami Windle Goodland Adventures

It's officially summer! It's time to grab a blanket, pack a picnic, and head to the park an soak in the sun and high temperatures. There is nothing more relaxing than reclining on the grass and listening to the sounds of summer: kids frolicking at the pool, insects chirping, wind caressing the grass

Colors Everywhere!

Sami Windle Around Goodland, News

This Sunday the Historical Society is dedicating a stained glass window to Ruth and Selby Soward.   It will hang in the Ennis-Handy House at 202 West 13th Street here in Goodland.  To help celebrate this event let’s take a look at a brief history of stained glass windows and some other stained

Back in the Day: A Personal Reflection on School Days

Sami Windle Around Goodland

This past week we had a one room school house summer camp.  During this time Mary Lou Eisenhagen, a Goodland native, came as a guest speaker to share her experiences of attending a one room school house and teaching in one.  (more…)

Ordinance 1632

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ORDINANCE NO. 1632           AN ORDINANCE REGULATING FIREWORKS WITHIN CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF GOODLAND, KANSAS.                                   BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF GOODLAND, KANSAS:   Section 1. Fireworks     

Let’s cut some wheat!

Sami Windle Around Goodland, Treasures From The Collection

Soon the residents of Sherman County will start hearing the roar of combines and tractors and trucks making their way to the elevators as wheat harvest gets underway.  Sherman County has always had a rich history with agriculture and wheat; one that started almost as soon as the county was settled.

We’re Goin’ Rabbit Hunting

Sami Windle Treasures From The Collection

The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression hit Western Kansas farmers hard.  Not only were the dust storms, lack of rain, and the fight to put food on the table bad, but so were the jackrabbits.  The jackrabbits migrated across Western Kansas and ate green plants and their roots.  This meant that the

Closed for Economic Development!

Sami Windle News

The High Plains Museum will be closed Wednesday morning, June 6th, from 9:00 am till 1:00 pm. We are hosting the quarterly Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Association meeting. We will be showing off the museum, Goodland's community jewel, to visiting professionals from all over Kansas. We