Kansas Myths and Legends

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Fourteen Mind-Boggling Tales from the Sunflower State From legends of the Dalton gang's buried treasure to George Armstrong Custer's time AWOL, Kansas Myths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state's most fascinating and compelling stories. ·One July morning in 1933, two FBI agents, a sheriff, and their prisoner were brutally gunned down inside a car next to Kansas City's Union Station, along with two policemen nearby. If mobsters were to blame, as the FBI continues to allege, why did the first shot come from within the car, killing the prisoner? And why would an FBI agent shoot a police detective? ·Legendary buffalo hunter Buffalo Bill Cody allegedly told friends he wanted to be buried just outside of his namesake town in Wyoming, but the city of Denver had other plans. Is the well-marked grave of this icon indeed his final resting place, or did his loyal friends surreptitiously remove him from Colorado and fulfill his last wish? ·In 1888, David Eisenhower's business partner skipped town, leaving behind a mountain of debt despite what had appeared to be a successful venture. Whatever happened to the unscrupulous partner and his family? And how did the loss of his family's fortune affect the boy who would become the thirty-fourth president of the United States? Diana Lambdin Meyer is a freelance travel writer whose lifelong fascination with history has inspired her to write about the myths and legends of Kansas. She and her husband/photographer, Bruce, are active members of the Society of American Travel Writers and live in the Kansas City, Missouri, area.