. A centenary of Catholicity in Kansas, 1822-1922 ; the history of our cradle land (Miami and Linn Counties) ; Catholic Indian missions and missionaries of Kansas ; The pioneers on the prairies : notes on St. Mary's Mission, Sugar Creek, Linn County; Holy Trinity Church, Paola, Miami County; Holy Rosary Church, Wea; Immaculate Conception, , Louisburg; St. Philip's Church, Osawatomie; Church of the Assumption, Edgerton, Johnson County; to which is added a short sketch of the Ursuline Academy at Paola; the diary of Father Hoecken, and old Indian records. ty;Kansas—have taken tlie place of
. A centenary of Catholicity in Kansas, 1822-1922 ; the history of our cradle land (Miami and Linn Counties) ; Catholic Indian missions and missionaries of Kansas ; The pioneers on the prairies : notes on St. Mary's Mission, Sugar Creek, Linn County; Holy Trinity Church, Paola, Miami County; Holy Rosary Church, Wea; Immaculate Conception, , Louisburg; St. Philip's Church, Osawatomie; Church of the Assumption, Edgerton, Johnson County; to which is added a short sketch of the Ursuline Academy at Paola; the diary of Father Hoecken, and old Indian records. ty;Kansas—have taken tlie place of alltliat was dear to his heart fifty yearsago. Here might be related an abundanceRKJHT REV. MGR. Ki^ q£ nnssiouary experiences that ap- proached the heroic as well as the ludicrous, and commingled the sublimewith the ridiculous in the most fantastic manner. Everything wastopsy-turvy in Kansas in those early times. There were no roads,no fences, no railroads to speak of. Dugouts, sod houses, and miserablecabins were everywhere to be seen, but the people were of a superiorclass altogether, and this one fact changed the aspect of priests admired and loved the people and the people entertainedthe poor, tattered and tired clerical wanderers with great reverence andwith an hospitality that was both primitive and warm. AVhat a pity thatwe haAe not a few of the personal diaries of those days! As it is weretain in memory only the fireside tales of the older folk and the olderpriests who lived through the sod-house, cabin days of 54 THE HISTORY OF OUR CRADLE LAND The cabin homes of Kansas! How modestly they stoodAlong the sunny hillsides Or nestled in the sheltered men and women Brave-hearted pioneers;Each one became a landmark Of freedoms trial years. The sod-house homes of Kansas! Though built of Mother Earth,Within their walls so humble Are souls of sterling poverty and struggle May be the builders lot,The sod-house is a castle, W
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