Skirting the Law

By "The Cowboy" Jim Gray

As spring approached on the Kansas plains, Mother Nature once again asserted her superiority over the best laid plans of civilization.

Drought was being reported from the Rio Grande on the Mexican Border all the way across the plains to the Canadian border. The March 1, 1879, Salina Herald reported prairie fires all around the city. The barren ground was blowing to the extent that, “real estate moved considerably this week.”

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