Sunflower Journeys Programs 2107-2108

2107: “Western Lore” Buffalo Bill in Kansas: Bill Cody wasn't a Kansas native, but he spent time here shooting buffalo under contract with the railroad. The town of Oakley commissioned an artist to create a larger-than-life bronze statue of Buffalo Bill. Raymond Wilson, a professor of history at Ft. Hays State University, gives us more background on young Bill, his time in Kansas and his later career with western shows.Drovers Hall of Fame: Ellsworth’s Signature Insurance Building is in the process of getting an extreme make-over. The community has developed a plan to save the building and repurpose the space for the National Drover’s Hall of Fame Museum. We observe a cattle drive down the center of the town’s main street, which was part of a benefit to raise money for the project.Plains People - John Schaffner: John Schaffner doesn’t cook much indoors because he makes “too much of a mess.” But give him a few Dutch ovens and 70 hungry cowhands and this part-time trail cook is in his e