Atchison has many faces. One way to understand Atchison is by using statistics and demographics. A great source for this kind of data is City-Data.com http://www.city-data.com/county/Atchison_County-KS.html.
Another is through the history of Atchison. Three good starting points for finding out more about Atchison's history are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atchison,_Kansas
http://www.kansastowns.us/atchison.html
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/counties/AT/
And of course, there are the Chamber of Commerce and the County & City Government www sites:
http://www.cityofatchison.com/
http://www.atchisoncountyks.org/
http://www.atchisonkansas.net/
One of my favorite pictures and places is the bank of the mighty mo near between Flyers and the River house!
http://www.atchisonglobeonline.com/Search.asp
ReplyDeleteThe Atchison Globe has an online search function which goes back to 2002. I'm finding it pretty helpful as I source some things for my community post.