Day: June 20, 2025

August 9: Life In Kansas During the Dust Bowl

Diana Staresinic-Deane
A long, dark dust cloud rolls across the land. Text: Dust Cloud Rolling Over Western Kansas Prairie Copyright Potter '35

Saturday, August 9, 2025, 2 p.m. Lane Community United Methodist Church 425 S Oak, Lane, Kansas 66042 Black Sunday – April 14, 1935 – is an unforgettable moment in history. The photographs from that day of the dust storm in southwest Kansas made headlines across America. How did Kansans respond to this challenging moment in history? Using eyewitness accounts and photographs, this presentation explores the impact and the legacy of the drought and the “Dust Bowl” on life in Kansas during the 1930s and beyond. Presenter Katie Keckeisen is the…

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June 27: Sod & Stubble (the movie)

Diana Staresinic-Deane
A man and woman in 19th century Western dress are backlit by a summer sky. Sod & Stubble.

Film based on the book by John Ise Friday, June 27, 2025, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) Ottawa Memorial Auditorium, 301 S Hickory St, Ottawa, KS Purchase Tickets: $10 (plus fees and taxes) Join us for a motion picture retelling of this iconic Kansas story! Based on the book by John Ise (with updated research by Von Rothenberger), Sod & Stubble tells the story of the Henry and Rosie Ise, who homesteaded in Osborne County Kansas in the 1870s and battled through the many challenges of life on the…

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