Barton County Historical Society will hold its May program meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Historical Village, located just south of Great Bend, across the Arkansas River Bridge, on U.S. 281.
The featured speaker will be Toni Rice, of the Great Bend Tree Board, who will discuss plans to rehabilitate the Argonne Forest section of Veterans Memorial Park. Trees in this portion of the park were planted to honor local veterans of World War I, including members of Company C, Second Infantry, Kansas National Guard. This Guard unit, headquartered at Great Bend, was called into active ...
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