15 Years Ago - August 14, 2009

• USDA Update- Rod Johnson: The cool, foggy, wet mornings this past week sure didn’t seem like the first week in August.
• Kit Carson Clips- Marilyn White: The Calvary Riders arrived at the Mitchell House. I got my ride on a beautiful Harley Davison. Mary Ellen Davis took a ride also. Pretty brave for a 81 year old lady.

25 Years Ago - August 13, 1999

• Nee Grande Reservoir- Water level high, fair catfish, some saugeye. Nee Noshe Reservoir- Good water level, wiper fair, saugeye slow, some crappie adn catfish. John Martin Reservoir- Water level high, saugeye slow, crappie slow to fair

40 Years Ago - August 17, 1984

• An oil rig mud pump stolen near Brandon last June has been recovered in Oklahoma. The pump was valued about $150,000.
• Tracy Weland of Cheyenne Wells was named Junior All-Round Cowgirl at the Little Britches Rodeo.

50 Years Ago - August 16, 1974

• Gary Stoker, Melody Laird, Marlene Marx, and Kim Williams, area students, were named in the Eighth Edition of “Who’s Who American High School Students.”

75 Years Ago - August 1949

• Haswell- Missouri-Pacific B&B gang No. 3 is stationed in Haswell to tear down pre-fabricated houses occupied by Camp 15.

100 Years Ago - August 1924

• “Yes, we now have no gardens.” Eads was visited with a hailstorm that came very near eliminating all garden truck for the rest of the year.