Nathan Hershley's Blog – September 2011 Archive (2)

Change of Plans

The abyss of the blue sky slowly gave way to the billowing gray clouds of the coming storm. At first it was as though someone had stretched cotton across the sky, like the cob webs we buy for Halloween. That soon gave way to a couple of small mushroom clouds approaching from just beyond the horizon.

As the wind began to blow a little harder, the sky quickly grew dark as the thunderheads began to consume all I could see. In the distance the booming echoed amongst the river bluffs, like…

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Added by Nathan Hershley on September 12, 2011 at 9:32am — No Comments

History & Hauntings of Atchison, KS

This was the first Saturday in a long time that we slept in as we were not looking at a three plus hour drive to wherever we want to go. Instead this destination was less than an hour away and promised to hold a trove of historical and the occasional haunted experience. Atchison, KS was originally plotted in July 1854 by men from Missouri who named it after a well known Missouri senator, David Rice Atchison.

The most informative way to see and learn about the history of Atchison is to…

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Added by Nathan Hershley on September 8, 2011 at 9:55pm — No Comments