| Description |
xv, 346 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-346). |
| Contents |
Vera Maus Amershek: memories of Cockerill and southeast Kansas as the granddaughter and daughter of miners -- Ken and Barbara Monsour Bateman: a proud heritage of Syrian-Lebanese ancestry, a son's graveside tribute to his mother, and Pittsburg contributions -- Mario and Josephine Sray Borello: a Polish beauty and an Italian winemaker share memories of Cockerill and 50 Camp -- Gene DeGruson: a treasure of southeast Kansas of French descent -- Jim and Barbara Runkle Foresman: extended family experiences in West Mineral and family experiences in Pittsburg -- Ben and Ann Baima Grilz: son of an Austrian miner and daughter of an Italian miner -- Rose Miller Harris: history lived in Yale, Franklin and Pittsburg, with memories of her nieces--Darlene Lomax and Juanita Gilmore -- Rudy and Martha Eichhorn Kness: a Franklin and McCormick Camp miner and a country girl with country spice -- Bud and Alene Wright Kuplen: community memory keepers of Austrian, Swedish and Dutch heritage -- Jerry and Anna Pecnik Lomshek: guardians of the Chicopee heritage and other traditions -- Dick Pallucca and family: a Frontenac institution -- Joe and Olga Leon Saia: the Crawford County "Padrone" or "Papa Joe" and Olga--a blend of northern Italian and Sicilian traditions -- Christine Thogmartin Scott: Pittsburg recollections and a tribute to a miner's doctor -- Bill and Ruth Oehme Shock: the Besse Hotel, mining mules and World War II -- Bert and Katie Falletti Stefanoni: Frontenac remembrances and a renaissance woman revisited -- Louie and Corene White Stroup: the Hobson family--a legacy of Civil War days, early Pittsburg settlement history, and a blended family in Pittsburg -- Rudy and Adeline Senechal Terlip: a life well lived--touched by French, German, Slovenian, and Italian traditions -- Frank and Virginia Fenoglio Tisot: recollections of Austria, Italy and Lone Star, with a special tribute to his Austrian mother -- Carl and Bernice Orozen Ulepich: memories from Breezy Hill, Cockerill, Mulberry, Chicago, and the call of home -- Frank and Anne Stray Urankar: recollections of Breezy Hill family times at the B&B and her memories of Cockerill -- Dick and Kaye Lynne Johnson Webb: a railroad man par excellence and a descendant of an Italian knight -- Lingel and Carolyn Loss Winters: a blending of cultural heritages and traditions--Dutch, Welsh Austrian, Italian, Irish, German, French and English -- Anton (Tony) and Ruth McNeil Zemlock: a lifetime of memories and surviving the odds -- Johnnie and Lue Watson Zibert: a lifetime of music in 50 Camp and beyond--a Slovenian heritage and a legacy of the Trail of Tears. |
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Kansas -- History.
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Kansas -- Social conditions.
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Pittsburg (Kan.) area -- History.
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Pittsburg (Kan.) area -- Social conditions.
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Mines and mineral resources -- Kansas -- History.
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Cooking -- Kansas.
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| Added Author |
Winters, Carolyn Loss.
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Webb, Kaye Lynne.
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| ISBN |
9780578060477 |
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0578060477 |
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