Kansas 1890’s ‘wettest’ in a generation

Kansas 1890’s ‘wettest’ in a generation
Kansas 1890’s ‘wettest’ in a generation

Special to the News-Report by Crawford County native and author Ken Peak Temperance In Southeast Kansas Part 4 Temperance (ˈtemp( ə-)rən(t)s): moderation in or abstinence from the use of alcoholic beverages (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) Cherokee County history buffs and readers of this newspaper are typically very knowledgeable about the area’s rich roots in bootlegging and coal mining. What they m…