Elmer Gives Grace Her Name – Long Island, Kansas (circa 1908)

Miss Grace Rhodes lived in Long Island, a very small city in northern Kansas – not far from the border of Nebraska. A thriving agricultural community was established here in 1869, but a devastating invasion of locusts in 1874 caused settlers to flee. The city was re-founded when the railroad was built through the area … Continue reading Elmer Gives Grace Her Name – Long Island, Kansas (circa 1908)