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Meadowbrook Commons opens at the Mall
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David Stapleton, Candy, and other racers make their way through a wooded section of trail during the inaugural Crawford County State Park Dirt Fest Mountain Bike Race at Crawford State Park. The event was sponsored by the Pittsburg State University Bike Club, the National Off-Road Biking Association (NORBA), the friends of Crawford State Park and Kansas Wildlife and Parks. - photo by File Photo
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Sept. 28, 1923 Special programs observing “Frances Willard Day," honoring the founder of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, were presented in all schools of Pittsburg, with exception of the junior high school, this morning. The junior high program is being held this afternoon. At the senior high school this morning, a special exercise was held at the assembly hour with a talk on “How Prohibition Came to Kansas."