PrattTown

Cool!

2009-10-25T19:53:39.417-05:00

Cool!

Thank you Mr. Tolbert for the information on anoth...

2009-10-25T12:34:08.101-05:00

Thank you Mr. Tolbert for the information on another B-25 very close to Pratt kansas. I have notified the Museum Association's President, Phil Schulz, about your comment. He is also a member of the B-29 Yahoo group, so he will be contacting you shortly. I am also aware that you are a WW II B-29 veteran too and flew with the 505th Bomb Group. I want to personally thank you for your service and wish you well.

There is also a B-25 based at the Tulsa Airport th...

2009-10-25T03:57:53.619-05:00

There is also a B-25 based at the Tulsa Airport that you might talk into visiting your site. Let me know if you are interested and I will find a contact for you.

Ford

The open house will be Sept. 22nd from 4:00 - 6:00...

2009-09-12T17:20:03.524-05:00

The open house will be Sept. 22nd from 4:00 - 6:00 PM at the Pratt Senior Center.

You are correct Mr. Farrell. I have made the spell...

2009-09-07T17:00:24.254-05:00

You are correct Mr. Farrell.
I have made the spelling correction.
Thanks for catching this error.

Could you mean "Gowen Field, ID (Boise)rather tha...

2009-09-07T13:24:12.756-05:00

Could you mean "Gowen Field, ID
(Boise)rather than "Govern"?
Jim Farrell

My mother just read this article and enjoyed it ve...

2009-06-30T22:10:23.907-05:00

My mother just read this article and enjoyed it very (ThanK you..)much.My father was born in 1926 (Small detail..Thanks thouGh..))howeVEr.Take Care,Vaness.

Ues thanks for posting it.My father loved his home...

2009-04-23T05:50:00.000-05:00

Ues thanks for posting it.My father loved his hometown.You can take the boy out of Kansas but..I'm sure he read the article somewhere..Thanks,Vanessa Ferrin

Another source for free and low cost textbooks is ...

2009-03-27T16:20:00.000-05:00

Another source for free and low cost textbooks is http://www.textbookmedia.com

I don't personally know him, but I live a within a...

2009-03-20T12:00:00.000-05:00

I don't personally know him, but I live a within a few blocks. Small world!
Western Kansas bloggers are few in number, so its good to hear from you. Thanks and good luck with your blog too.

Good to see another Kansan blogging! I'm from Ulys...

2009-03-20T01:28:00.000-05:00

Good to see another Kansan blogging! I'm from Ulysses and just started a week ago. Do you know Steve Tripplet in Pratt? He is a good friend of mine.

My blog: http://warrenbaldwin.blogspot.com/

Warren

From the President of B-29 Museum Inc.:As a member...

2009-03-06T09:01:00.000-06:00

From the President of B-29 Museum Inc.:
As a member of the Bombers on the Prairie Museum group I am happy to annouce that the Parachute Shop Building Located on the Pratt Army Airfield (Pratt Industrial Airport) is now listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places. The listing was approved Feb 21, 2009 by the Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review at Topeka. We can now move forward with the restoration of the Historic Building and establishing the Bombers on The Prairie Museum inside this building. The museum's mission is to preserve the history of the 2nd Air Forces B-29 training program that operated during WW2 in Kansas , Nebraska, New Mexico and Texas. With the addition of the 29th Bomb Group's Archives and additional research material we will have an excellent library for future research by descendents and interested researchers in the Army Airforces' B-29 Training Program of WW2. Our goal is to make this Museum and Library one of the best in the area for researching Army Airfield Activities during the WW2 time period. Members of "The Greatest Generation" deserve to have their stories preserved and told. Phillip Schulz

For the result of the Hearing see: http://sites.go...

2009-02-23T17:29:00.000-06:00

For the result of the Hearing see:
http://sites.google.com/site/b29museuminc/

Margaret,Glad to find your posting, my uncle was W...

2009-02-11T22:18:00.000-06:00

Margaret,

Glad to find your posting, my uncle was Wilbur J. Chapman also on Waddy's Wagon. Would like to contact you.

Dorothy Newberry
Tyler, TX

Margaret,Please contact me, my uncle wasWilbur J. ...

2009-02-11T21:58:00.000-06:00

Margaret,
Please contact me, my uncle was
Wilbur J. Chapman. He was on Waddy's Wagon.

danew1@sbcglobal.net
Regards,
Dot

Margaret,I was so excited to stumble on your blog....

2009-02-11T21:48:00.000-06:00

Margaret,

I was so excited to stumble on your blog. My uncle Wilbur Jame
Chapman was a gunner on Waddy's
Wagon and I would love to talk
directly to you via email, please
contact me at danew1@sbcglobal.net

Regards,
Dorothy Newberry

What a beautiful post!

2008-12-23T17:29:00.000-06:00

What a beautiful post!

Milt,Thanks for keeping this blog up to date. I r...

2008-12-01T10:57:00.000-06:00

Milt,
Thanks for keeping this blog up to date. I really appreciate your historical emphasis.
Tom Harrison

Milt,Thanks so much for investing your time and mo...

2008-12-01T10:56:00.000-06:00

Milt,
Thanks so much for investing your time and money in keeping this blog up to date.
Tom Harrison

I received this email from Hap Halloran:"I just ha...

2008-11-18T16:00:00.000-06:00

I received this email from Hap Halloran:
"I just happened to be sitting in front of my computer when your message re Pratt Veterans came thru .
Brought back pleasant memories of my visits to Pratt in past years.
I seem to recall there was a Parade down Main Street that day and I rode in a convertible behind the car in which the Mayor of Pratt was riding.
Seems that my 86 year old memory bank tells me there was a large B-29 painted on the side of a building on Main Street, and I climbed a ladder to sign same on the front section of that painting of B 29.

I could be totally wrong - so please forgive me if that is so.

I also seem to recall that Lonnie McCollum, Police Chief of Pratt, drove me in his Police car to visit former B 29 training fields in Great Bend, Salina, Walker and Herington, and, of course, the Pratt training field and the good folks of Pratt.

Once again, my memories could be totally wrong. However, I will always have pleasant memories of those wonderful days when I visited Pratt folks and former B 29 training bases in Kansas.
Forgive me if I made errors in my recollections.

Best always to my friends in Pratt.

Sincerely
Hap Halloran"

Update Nov 10:The location has been moved to Skyli...

2008-11-10T14:20:00.000-06:00

Update Nov 10:
The location has been moved to Skyline School because of the weather.

There's nothing new under the sun.

2008-10-18T17:11:00.000-05:00

There's nothing new under the sun.

Whoops. I meant "Douglass" not "Douglas" of course...

2008-10-03T09:35:00.000-05:00

Whoops. I meant "Douglass" not "Douglas" of course...

Thanks for the comment Jenni. Your Prairie Air blo...

2008-10-03T09:18:00.000-05:00

Thanks for the comment Jenni. Your Prairie Air blog( http://prairieair.blogspot.com/ ) has excellent stories and photos, and I enjoy reading about your life and times in rural Kansas.

I would like to see you try a "group blog" for Douglas. Many moons ago I worked for Kelly Carter who lived in Douglas and later for Jim Walton who is from Rose Hill.

This is such an excellent idea! If I lived in Pra...

2008-10-02T19:39:00.000-05:00

This is such an excellent idea! If I lived in Pratt or knew anything about Pratt, I'd love to contribute. Since I don't, I'll just visit and enjoy what others have to share. I am thinking about starting a blog for Douglass, though. I just don't know if there would be enough interest, and being a newcomer, I don't know if I'd have much to contribute at first. I suppose starting a blog would be one way to learn.