Your Friend,
Karina, from Tx
I bought it at an antique store near my home in Middleburg Virginia. Although I love old documents, it seems someone other than me should have this. Would one of you like to have it?
Best personal regards,
Peter Justen
President MyBizHomepage, Inc. http://mybizhomepage.com
Hi, A cousin sent me the web site address
when she found it doing genealogy research.
My grandparents, Gerhard & Neola (Sands) Brooner
moved here to Colorado in the 1930's from Cimarron. My great
grandparents Andy & Emma (Farrell) Sands had a farm East of
Cimarron. My great Aunts & Uncles have families there. I would
really like to be contacted if anyone remembers the Sands family.
Any stories or info would be greatly appreciated.
nikkigray226@gmail.com
I love the website and have gotten senior
pictures of my grandmother and several of her sisters & brothers.
Nikki Gray
always been special to me. I attended Garden City High School as your father did. In my Daniels family, we have eleven who
graduated from Cimarron High School. Norma Jane Daniels. Norma Jane is the mother of one of my classmates, Mary Ruth. Pete.
Those boys are long grown up and moved to far points of this great country but I am sure that they like myself will always think of Cimarron when it snows.
Jane Markwell
Roeland Park, Ks
It's been four years since we came to Cimarron. That was my husband's first visit to Western Kansas. Since then, we've moved back to the Kansas City area, settled into new jobs and are making our home here. I started working on a family genealogy project a year ago. I stumbled into it while on the Web looking for something else. I remembered my aunt, Yvonne (Bryan) Parsons has sent me some of the genealogy information a year before which I had put in the safe. Once I started digging, I couldn't seem to stop. I called Aunt Yvonne to tell her what I was doing; she was ecstatic! She and Aunt Lorraine (Bryan) Nugent helped me a lot with this project which I finished up the middle of June this year. We're coming to visit family in September and having lunch with a group in Dodge City while we're in town. It should be very nice. Hope things are well there - the website looks great! Keep up the good work. Celeste Kvetensky, Olathe, KS. Thanks Celeste, good to hear from you again. I also have you loaded on the "Who Are They?" page. You kind of had an edge but it works for me. Pete.
Also, my little blog got some pretty good traffic from this post: http://crazedpw.blogspot.com/2008/04/cycles.html. You might enjoy it - if you have time, look around some. One of my "projects" will be to take some pictures of some of the old schoolhouses (and foundations) and post them when I get time. I certainly haven't thanked you lately for your site - there aren't many small towns around here that have a site like yours with the wealth of info on them. I've enjoyed it greatly for years, and use it for referencing memories. So, thanks! Jeff Borland. Thanks Jeff, good to hear from you. I looked at your blog and suggest it to anyone who finds this posting. Good Job. Pete.
I too stumbled upon this website, and have gotten a kick out of seeing my old town and friends. My name is Nick Phelps and I would have graduated with the class of 1981--it was interesting to see my old classmates in their Graduation pictures. My dad was Neal Phelps and was the Guidance Counselor of the schools from around '65-'71. He was best friends with Principal George Giddens (who I still remember taking a paddle to me--times have changed!).
I still talk about getting a scoop of ice cream at Clark's for 5 cents (2 scoops for a dime). We used to go to Skidmore's all the time, and if we were extra good--my Dad would treat us to a t-bone steak. Those were the days! I'm curious if anyone remembers my Dad, Neal, I can remember going on debate trips with him when he coached the Debate Team. He died young, like George Giddens. My family and I drove through Cimarron in 2000 moving from NYC to LA, and I sure wish we could have stopped and checked out the price of a cone. One of the houses we lived in which I think was on the corner of the 23 and Court or Kansas, sure looked fixed up. Do you remember who the older woman who lived in a "mansion" behind (west of) that house was? She and the house were an item of great curiosity to young children.
Anyway, thanks for the website, I'll have to tell my brother Chris, and sister, Michelle about it. Yes, I remember your dad and sorry to hear that he passed away. I graduated in 65 and was in college and/or drunk most of the time he was here so my memory of him is not as good as it should be. The ice cream cones are now a buck including tax, just one dip but they really pile the ice cream on. I think the house you lived in is now owned by Ritchie Addison and he has fixed it up really nice. The house to the West now has two of our local lawyers living there, Phil and Pat Ridenour. The house is the old Pearl Luther house, and mansion is a good description of it. I remember going there as a young kid. Thanks for the note and be sure and stop in if you get back this way. There are a lot of people that I am sure remember your family. Pete
I'm looking forward to the next High School reunion.
Loren. My condolences, hope to see you at the next reunion. Pete.
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My Mother was Marilou Sapp Whiting and Grandmother was Hattie Sapp. I found it funny that my insurance man in Marfa, TX (Big Bend area of Texas) has a Plains Insurance map on the wall. I have been bagging him for it. While I love the plains but I can’t deal with the cold so I retired here. Like the website and if you ever need any techie help I spent 38-years as a computer consultant to NASA and other government agencies. I have special servers for streaming TV and you can see me in a poor video of myself talking about our on-line magazine that will be printed in September, http://www.compulink-net.com/CompuLIFE/haberdetay.asp?id=185 .
Glen Whiting -- Class of 1969, 877-440-8910
This is Michael Burkhart. I don't know if you remember me, but I was 1 year behind Phillip in school and on the swim team with him. I can't thank you enough for keeping up the Cimarron website. Since I and my parents (Larry and Debra) have moved away the Cimarron website is really the only way I can keep up on local news. Obviously, I had not heard anything about Erin Wade until I went to your website and visited the obituaries page. Needless to say, I was shocked... she was in my class. That is really the reason I am emailing you. On Michael Hardy's obituary page, you said that you wished you could remember the name of the restaurant they operated in Dodge City. It was called the "West Side Grill". I dated Dallas for a brief time in High School, and we ate there a few times.
Hope this info is helpful, and thanks again for keeping the website going.
Michael Burkhart, Managing Consultant, Trinity Consultants, 1715 Tower
Drive, Suite 100, Stillwater, MN 55082, Direct: (651) 351-3988
Office: (612) 605-8201, Fax: (612) 605-5632,
www.trinityconsultants.com
Yes I remember you but I can't say that about many of the kids in school now with mine all graduated. Thanks for the kind words. I would like to put your note on my Guest Book page but don't do that without permission. People are always interested in what is going on with everyone. Let me know, and thanks again. Pete.
Peggy Truax
6527 Finch Ct
Fort Collins, Co 80525
Peggy, I think Judy (Hunt) Salem has the blocks, I will email her and let her know you are interested in getting one. Pete.
I was wondering if you would put some information about Erin Wade on your website. I know it is all over the news but I want people to remember "Erin". She graduated from Cimarron in 1994 and also her brother has passed and graduated in 1989. Cassandra Fisher. Absolutely, I would be glad to. Click Here for Information.
My Dad gave me this old computer to use in my garage for a race car data acquisition computer and I found this link to the Cimarron web page. Sweet; It's kind of like flipping on the history channel (which is my favorite; I know I'm a nerd)) and finding your home town. Don't know if you know or not but I'm a Deere man. Yep, I work for Deere in Coffeyville, KS. We have a transmission plant here. We build transmissions for the 9000 series tractors, motor graders, log skidders an lots of other non Deere OEM customers. I work in electronic controls. So just remember the next time you cuss those damned engineers that create that little brain box or computer or what ever most people call it, your cussing me. I went to college at Pittsburg State University and graduated with a bachelors of science in automotive technology. In my automotive classes they called the controller FRED. Fricken Ridicules Electronic Device!!! Back in those days I didn't know a thing about Controllers.. In fact I started with Deere by turning wrenches in the transmission test lab and I got interested in electronics by creating automated tests. (self taught) The electronics manager saw what I was doing and one thing led to another and now I'm writing software for transmission controllers.
I actually live about 2 miles south of Coffeyville which is in Oklahoma. Yep I'm officially an Okie, but I don't like to admit it. ha ha
I got into dirt track racing here in Coffeyville. I built my own stock car from scratch and I'm hooked. I've been racing for about 4 years. Its been a learning curve but I'm having a ball and that is what it's all about. I check the Dodge City and Jetmore racetrack web sights every once and a while just to see if the rules are even similar, maybe I'll come back home a race one weekend.
I've got to mention one of my other hobbies. I love to head to Waynokia, OK (Little Sahara Sand Dunes) with my 28' enclosed trailer full of 4-wheelers and hit the dunes. If anyone likes to throw sand let me know, I try to go at least 4 times a year in the spring and fall.
Well, I've been rambling on for too long, post it if you want.
Ben
Thanks for the note. You have helped prove one of my theories; Everyone is either a Deere person, wants to be a Deere person or ought to be. I have lots of theories so don't you non-Deere people get too excited. Sounds like you have found that "hobby" everyone searches for. Glad you have it and enjoy it. Don't worry about the Oakie part, you have to live somewhere. Just stay a Kansan at heart and you will be OK. Come by the shop and I will buy you a pop or coffee. Tell your dad if he needs any help on the computer to give me a call. Actually, don't tell him that, but he would know what I am saying if you did. Pete.
May I use some of your Kansas Ice Storm pictures you have on your website. It's for a report I'm writing that maybe tops, 10 folks will see. I'm reporting on the effects of high winds. I do NOT see a copyright on your website anywhere. I'm using 4-5 pictures, maybe paring down to 2 possibly 3. I'm only showing the downed power lines. Thanks, Patricia Taft, PhD. Patricia.
I have a page that gives
permission to use all of my information, but I don't know if
it is easy to find. All that I ask is that it is used
accurately and in good taste. And if you make lots of money
with it, send some my way. Try to keep it under a million
dollars as I am trying to keep my taxes down. Also I would
like to use your note in my guest page as a reminder that it
is ok to use my stuff; let me know if that is ok. Pete.
Love, Mom, Dad, Phillip, Vince, Julie, Payton and Ethan.
I just took a look at the website. great job with lots of pictures to remind me of home. the blizzard of 57 was really something to remember, not to mention the flood of 65. I was home the first week of January this year and talked to brother Joel Daniels who had worked 9 days straight on the power lines and still did not have power to his own house. Anyway, keep up the good work. hope to see you all again soon.
Mary Daniels Johnson, class of '65, 503 Roosevelt Blvd Apt A318, Falls Church, VA 22044, 703-534-4306 home 703-627-7618 cell. Always nice to hear from a former classmate. Hope all is well in the Capital.
I also wanted to thank all who were responsible for getting me information on the homecoming events etc. I was very touched by being included after all these years in the listing for the graduating class of 1970. I appreciate it. I will always be a kid from Cimarron Kansas.
C.B. Cessna cbv777@yahoo.com. C.B.'s sister Laverda (Cess) was in my class and I remember you well C.B. I spent many hours at your kitchen table with your sisters and your mom, with you running around all the time. Glad you found the site C.B. Pete. I wrote C. B. back and told him we do watch the film on occasion and that I thought it was Small Town USA and that there were three towns. I just don't recall for sure.
I wrote back to Roberta asking to put her note in my guest pages. Here is her reply. Pete.
I just got your note and am excited to be a part of guest pages. I am 70 and raising two grandkids so I keep pretty busy. I do have some neat photos. I have a big page from the Dalhart paper with the story, so I will have to dig it out from wherever I put it and see if I can reproduce it. Click Here to see Roberta's story and pictures.