Hillside Kiln

November 28, 2017 - An imposing kiln, made of limestone in the late 1800s, stands vacant on a steep hillside near Alma. The kiln was a proje...
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Fired No More

November 28, 2017 - As seen from its belly, a limestone kiln built more than a century ago stretches to the open sky. The kiln, near Alma, w...
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A Cellar of Stone

November 17, 2017 - Finding limestone plentiful and trees scarce, early homesteaders in Wabaunsee County adapted by turning to grazing for t...
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Cellar Entrance

November 17, 2017 - A limestone entrance leads into a subterranean stone-arch cave built into a Wabaunsee County hillside at the John Johnso...
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Konza at Dawn

November 16, 2017 - Tall grasses sway in the breeze as dawn breaks over the Konza Prairie southeast of Manhattan, Kan. The Konza, owned by T...
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Toting Treats

November 15, 2017 - With a bag of range cubes on his shoulder, farmer Josh Svaty leads his cattle to a summer pasture corral, where they wil...
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A Human Form, In Stone

November 06, 2017 - Josh Svaty, Ellsworth farmer, uses a stick to point out to Bethany College students the carving of a figure found in exp...
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