May 31, 2017
You are reading “Our Past Is Present” from the Geary County
Historical Society.
In an
article in the “Republic” newspaper in 1915, there was a story about a special
day in the city and county. The article
stated that “Good Roads Day” was a day “when the town folks will go to the
country to raise blisters and backaches while they work the roads leading to
the good town of Junction City. There will be work done out twelve or fifteen
miles on all the good roads, and crowds will be in charge of competent
captains, who in turn will work under the direction of the road bosses in the
various districts, which they penetrate.
Then on the
next day it is hoped and expected that the farmer and their families will all
come to town and get sore ribs laughing at the antics of a lot of us town folks
when we act up in the Bingling Brothers Humbug Circus. There will be a big free barbecue given at
noon, the circus will present a grand parade down the main street and in every
way will an endeavor be made to give an enjoyable day to all visitors. If you live in town, go out into the country
on Thursday and work the roads. If you
live in the country, arrange to come to town Friday and enjoy the good times at
Junction City’s Free Fall Festival.”
I think we
can all be glad that we have trained professionals to fix our roads today
rather than the work of those who just showed up to make road repairs in
1915.
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