rcdinsSep 8, 20223 min readHighly Documented Drama on the Underground RailroadOn December 19, 1858, Jim Daniels took his life in his hands and asked an agent of the Underground Railroad for freedom for him, his wife...
rcdinsSep 8, 20223 min readThe Robert Miller home: Lawrence’s ground zero for The Underground Railroad, Ad Astra Per Aspera, aIn 1840, Robert and Susannah Miller faced a dilemma. Their new minister at the Scotch Presbyterian Church in Chester, South Carolina,...
rcdinsSep 8, 20222 min readLucy Hobbs TaylorLucy Hobbs Taylor learned that when you’re the first, your effort has to be so much greater. You have to be greater than the prevailing...
rcdinsApr 22, 20222 min readGEORGE ‘NASH’ WALKER: FROM THE STREETS OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS TO PERFORMING FOR THE KING OF ENGLANDAlthough his story was nearly forgotten, George Nash Walker was one of the highest-paid vaudeville actors in the country who also changed...