January 11, 2018
This is “Our Past Is Present” from the Geary County Historical Society.
Some of the
people who read this blog are historical trivia buffs. So, today we are asking some rhetorical
questions about Geary County history and then will give the answer and some
additional information related to the question.
Here is the first one:
Did you know
that Kathleen Eloisa “Kitty” Rockwell – also known as Klondike Kate, the Belle
of the Yukon – was a vaudeville singer and dancer? She made her name and
fortune on the saloon stages of Dawson, in the Yukon, Canada, during the
Klondike Gold Rush. Klondike Kate was
born in Junction City in 1876, but left as a young girl when her parents
divorced and her mother moved to the state of Washington.
The second
question is: Did you know that during Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show in
1900, Theodore Roosevelt also visited here and the people of the area were
treated with two grand events? Col.
Cody’s entire mounted show was drawn up in three lines north of a platform
facing east. As the shows train pulled
in, his command of horsemen, Gatling gun and battery of light artillery gave a
salute that lifted people off their feet.
Roosevelt was introduced and spoke for about eight minutes. Col. Cody, who was a great admirer of
Roosevelt, also made a stirring speech of two or three minutes.
You may have heard that our Museum
is hosting a special Smithsonian display titled “Water Ways”. It will be at our Museum at the corner of
Sixth and Adams Streets beginning tomorrow, January 6, through February 18. Our
Museum is one of only seven sites in Kansas where this display can be
seen. Please stop by and see the impact
water has on our play, our celebrations, our work and where we live. Learn where our community’s water comes from,
what the future holds for water and what you can do for water in Junction City.
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