tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post2137203057049088002..comments2024-03-25T12:21:56.752-05:00Comments on Sweethearts Of The West: Dust, manure and flies...Ellsworth, Kansas in 1873, by Linda HubalekCaroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-68329144591652755992015-02-17T18:53:28.904-06:002015-02-17T18:53:28.904-06:00Thanks, Tanya. Maybe our ancestors knew each other...Thanks, Tanya. Maybe our ancestors knew each other back in their wild west Kansas days!Linda Hubalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720726064455839808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-80654352205081750042015-02-17T15:46:02.690-06:002015-02-17T15:46:02.690-06:00Best wishes on the new release, Linda! I have long...Best wishes on the new release, Linda! I have long-ago Kansas roots and am sure Ellsworth is in the mix. Great post today.Tanya Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580821680629254085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-9798992378400613262015-02-16T21:08:07.922-06:002015-02-16T21:08:07.922-06:00Hi JD, yes Kansas has quite a wild frontier past, ...Hi JD, yes Kansas has quite a wild frontier past, so I'll never run out of settings for books!Linda Hubalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720726064455839808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-39705170929924325672015-02-16T19:15:07.668-06:002015-02-16T19:15:07.668-06:00Linda, isn't Kansas a great state in which to ...Linda, isn't Kansas a great state in which to find an interesting setting to put a novel? After all, we have most of the wild cow towns that graced the old west. It would be wonderful to have newspaper archives of all those towns to go through and find things to use in our writing. Good luck with the book!JDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553746548877350294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-272033123817054632015-02-16T16:26:45.533-06:002015-02-16T16:26:45.533-06:00Thanks for the comment Celia. Research on railroad...Thanks for the comment Celia. Research on railroads is very important. The train was built west to Ellsworth in 1868. The family, Carl and Kajsa Swenson, who homesteaded the farm where I grew up, missed getting off the train in Salina and had to get off at Ellsworth because that was the end of the line when they arrived in 1868. Unfortunately, Carl got sick and they had to stay there a few weeks until he got well enough to travel back to Salina. Kajsa worked in the hotel to pay for their stay. (Their homestead stories were written up in my book, Butter in the Well.)Linda Hubalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720726064455839808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-19657275303414510472015-02-16T16:19:09.075-06:002015-02-16T16:19:09.075-06:00HI Caroline, I'm sure the cattle around Ellswo...HI Caroline, I'm sure the cattle around Ellsworth were spread over several sections as they had to be around water, which would have been the Smoky Hill River south of Ellsworth, plus creeks in the area. <br />If you want feedlot smell, the Dodge City is the area to visit now. It's constant, but you do get used to it...if you grew up with cattle like I did anyway. And sometimes the wind shifts and you get a break.Linda Hubalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720726064455839808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-19164959107463881892015-02-16T16:15:21.861-06:002015-02-16T16:15:21.861-06:00Hi Sarah, the railroad changed Kansas forever when...Hi Sarah, the railroad changed Kansas forever when it came through the state.<br />Thanks for your well wishes on my new release. And of course- Noah came to terms with Hilda owning his land...:)Linda Hubalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720726064455839808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-60504551938567941082015-02-16T16:03:21.772-06:002015-02-16T16:03:21.772-06:00I like the plot, and the statement that he found t...I like the plot, and the statement that he found that she'd transformed the simple soddie into a family home, sort of made me chuckle. If it were a dugout...not so good. But I've seen vintage photos of two story houses built using sod for bricks--I believe they were in Kansas. Some still stand--a little wobbly, but still up. Amazing.<br />Railroads. I wrote Texas Dreamer and set it in 1910. My intended place for the story was the South Plains of Texas, just below the Panhandle, close to New Mexico. But I thought I should check out railroads in that area.<br />There were none even in that year. So, I had to move my story back to just West of Fort Worth.<br />And Fort Worth--a town famous for cattle yards. I can imagine the smell during August in Texas.<br />I enjoyed your post. Best wishes for your novel. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-40477269900360434972015-02-16T15:04:41.584-06:002015-02-16T15:04:41.584-06:00So glad I don't live near a feed lot such as m...So glad I don't live near a feed lot such as must have existed in Ellsworth! Do you suppose residents became used to the smell? Caroline Clemmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-4453471418789832262015-02-16T11:33:19.455-06:002015-02-16T11:33:19.455-06:00Railroads were such an integral part of US history...Railroads were such an integral part of US history. Seems to me we should refurbish our rail system and get back to it. Maybe we could decrease the use of fossil fuel and frequent accidents on our highways from the huge trucks we presently use for transport.<br />You certainly brought back the heyday of cattle shipping, Linda. I can just imagine what an exciting place Ellsworth must have been. I liked the mention of how it decreased the "petty annoyances" to the local farmers. An excellent blog. I love trains.<br />I wish you every success with your new release, Hilda Hogties A Horseman. I'd like to see how Noah overcomes all his setbacks--could he find happiness with Hilda who took over his homestead? :-) <br />Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.com