Let the Journey Begin

The mid September Saturday in 1893 was ushered in with a cloudless sky and a welcome cool breeze from the north. The day would be a good one to reflect on the hard work of the summer spent up on their farm in Ellsworth County Kansas however the day was meant for the chase of a new 160 acre homestead dream. Quiet the day would not be. Thousands of people were on the streets of Caldwell and Arkansas City, Kansas making final preparations for the run to the strip. In Arkansas

Hours of research provided nuggets of small details, creating the foundation for the story of Margaret Bell, however leaving us with the...

A day started to research a direct line of Danyle's turned into an adventure of locating yet another family connection.

The beginning of the Stark Family connection and many travels within the great nation of The United States of America.