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19th Century Kansas Traveling Shows, by Patrick Joseph O'Connor | KansasHistory
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19th Century Kansas Traveling Shows. By Patrick Joseph O'Connor. Ethnic humor was freely allowed on the vaudeville stage until such minorities organized enough to pressure theater managers. These included the Chicago Anti-Stage Ridicule Committee. And the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Joe Laurie Jr., a performer, stressed the changing tastes of the public. The exaggerated costume and thick accents of the minority and immigrant groups gave way to the comic being dressed the same as the straight man...Sophi...
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Battles of the Bands in Wichita in the 1960s | by Patrick Joseph OConnor | Kansas History
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With Music the Ammunition - Battles of the Bands in Wichita in the 1960s. By Patrick Joseph O'Connor. University of Nevada, Las Vegas) August 1994. Reprinted in the book Moodys Skidrow Beanery, Kansas Underground From Beat To Hip. Communication is generational. This line of demarcation can be seen in the lyrics of The Whos 1964 release My Generation:. People try to put us down. Just because we get around. Things they do look awful cold. Hope I die before I get old. The new music became a localized phenom...
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Racing In Kansas (KS): Race Tracks, Racers, Races: Car - Motorcycle,History, Museums, McCarty Speedway Race Track, NASCAR: Kansas HeritageGroup
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Troy Burnett and Tom Barclay, with No. 54 Rail Race Car. Built by Dave Ross, the "Flying Farmer" and restored by Troy Burnett). Dodge City Raceway Park, Dodge City. Kansas Antique Race Cars Photographs. Jalopies and rails ready for the Evert Issac. Memorial Vintage Car Race. Many were featured in the 1st Annual Legends of McCarty Speedway, Dodge City Raceway Park. Roger Burnett, with No. 5 race car. He built in 1986. Kansas Race Cars and Drivers. Ed Beckley and Scott Beckley. October 7, 1916,. Mike Burkh...
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Robert M. Wright Biography |Dodge City, KS founder | Old West Pioneer | Kansas History
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Robert M. Wright, 1840-1915. Dodge City, Kansas. Town President, founder, pioneer. But in his final years Wright was asking for help selling the last of his land and cattle (only about 110 cows were listed in property tax bills, circa 1904), when in October 1906 he wrote to P.H. Pat Sughrue, Dodge City lawman, and former Ford County Sheriff, "Can't you find a buyer for my land? Robert was to marry his final wife the next year, young Sallie Ivens. In his book Robert writes about himself as follows:. Rober...
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The Weasels: Underground Success of A Kansas Rock Group | by Patrick Joseph OConnor | Kansas History
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The Weasels: Underground Success of A Kansas Rock Group. By Patrick Joseph O Connor. Popular Music And Society. Bowling Green State University) Summer 1993. Reprinted in the book Moody's Skidrow Beanery, Kansas Underground From Beat To Hip. By PJ O'Connor, Rowfant Press. At the request of the author, this article is off-line. 05 August 2013. Also by Patrick J. O'Connor:. Discovering Differences in the Blues: The Rural and Urban Genres. The Black Experience and the Blues in 1950s Wichita.
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Minstrel and Medicine Shows -- Creating a Market for the Blues | by Patrick Joseph OConnor | Kansas History
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Minstrel and Medicine Shows - Creating a Market for the Blues. By Patrick Joseph O'Connor. University of Arkansas) Volume 32: 1.2, 2005. The traveling function of musicians is ancient. Minstrel shows, tent shows, medicine shows, and revivals brought some notable Southern blues musicians to Kansas. In 1929, the Paramount Flappers with Ma Rainey played Kansas with the C. A. Wortham Circus. Black population figures in Kansas show an increase from 625 in 1860 to over 43,000 in 1880. From 1881 through 1913.
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Buntline Special Reconsidered |Ned Buntlines Dodge City Friend Wilson H. Strickler |Dr. Robert D. Pepper | KansasHistory
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The Buntline Special Reconsidered:. The Case of Wilson H. Strickler, Ned Buntline s Friend in Dodge City, Kansas. By Dr Robert D. Pepper, San Jose State University Professor Emeritus. Did Edward Zane Carroll Judson, alias Ned Buntline, King of the Dime Novelists. Give long-barreled pistols ( Buntline Specials ) to Wyatt Earp and other Dodge City lawmen circa 1876? Edward Zane Carroll Judson, known as Ned Buntline. If such pistols had ever existed, not a single one has survived. Alas! Or so it seemed.
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Cowboy Blues: Early Black Music In The West | by Patrick Joseph OConnor | Kansas History
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Cowboy Blues: Early Black Music In The West. By Patrick Joseph O'Connor. Studies In Popular Culture. University of Louisville) April 1994. When I was a cowboy,. Out on the western plains,. I made a half a million,. Pullin on the bridle reins. Alan Lomax writes that this song by folk and blues artist Leadbelly stands for an important chapter in the history of western song, neglected by historians. Other researchers have found that The typical trail crew of eight usually included two black cowboys. Silber ...
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