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Articles available by clicking the buttons at the top of page:
"Who murdered Great Bend lawyer Arthur Banta?"
"Bonnie and Clyde's Secret Great Bend, Kansas Hideout."
"The Reiter Brothers murder in Stafford County, Kansas."
"Edward 'Bud' Porter and the Houston Mutiny of 1917."
"Otto Standke, the Bird Man of Great Bend."
"John Keller, KU basketball star and Olympic Champion."
"Kit Carson in Barton County."
"St. Rose School, Great Bend, Kansas."
"Charles Andress, Magician, Ventriloquist, Showman."
"Jim Roper and the 1949 Lincoln from Great Bend"
"Lee Harvey Oswald's Widow."
"Ralph Terry, American Gladiator."
Phyllis Richardson, Rest in Peace."
"P. L. Keenan, auctioneer."
"Thane Baker. The world's fastest man?
"Great Bend Teens Gone Wild in Beer Bust."
"Sammy the Duck"
"Earl Woods, catcher for Great Bend baseball."
"Gorgeous George in Great Bend."
The history of Great Bend, Kansas and environs.
www.greatbend.info
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The last Democratic U.S. Senator from Kansas grew up in Barton County and is buried at Pawnee Rock. Senator George McGill.
was a 1941 GBHS graduate.
Oscar Micheaux----America's pioneer black movie director is buried in the Great Bend Cemetery.
Retro Radio
reruns are online!
Hear Marty's monthly radio program by clicking here.
KVGB-AM in Great Bend.
Great Bend High School Graduate Skip Yowell (left), co-founder of JanSport, was inducted into the Great Bend High School Hallof Fame on February 20, 2009. Bill McKown at right.
Learn more about adventurer Skip Yowell by clicking HERE.
