

Jeff Hansen and Jan Johnson
- Apr 26, 2022
- 20 min
Biodiversity at Ritchie Cemetery
This post is a report on our efforts, through December 2021, to document biological species at Ritchie Cemetery. Topics include:...


Jan Johnson & Jeff Hansen
- Mar 12, 2022
- 23 min
John Hardison (c.1840-1904)
John Van Buren Hardison began life as a slave in Tennessee, fought in the Union Army during the Civil War, and relocated his family to...


Jan Johnson & Jeff Hansen
- Sep 3, 2021
- 12 min
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Holmes (c1846-1928)
Lizzie Holmes' ties to Shawnee County date to pre-territorial Kansas—several years earlier than any of the other known burials at Ritchie...