About the diary writer
- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ About: A 1961-65 Park College Diary ~ As a high school girl and then a college coed in the first half of the 1960s, I wrote nightly entries on the pages of one-year diaries. In January 2010 I began transcribing the entries into a blog and gave each one a title. I grew up on three farms within 30 miles of Iowa City and the University of Iowa with its Iowa Writers' Workshop. As the oldest of four daughters, in my diaries I sometimes referred to my sisters as "the kids" or "the girls." We helped our parents, but we also had good, wholesome fun - a characteristic I took with me to Park. Park is 300 miles southwest of West Chester, Iowa, in Parkville, Missouri, on the Missouri River 10 miles northwest of Kansas City, Missouri, and across the river from Kansas City, Kansas. In 2000 Park College became Park University. Today Park's flagship campus is in Parkville and there are an additional 41 campus centers across the nation. Park was one of the first educational institutions in the United States to offer online learning. My last post was on May 22, 2018. I may be followed on Twitter @BarbaraMcDWhitt.
We Followed the Sac-Fox Indian Trail - Wednesday, August 1, 1962
We got home from a wonderful trip about 3:00 this afternoon. We drove past Buena Vista College at Storm Lake and then came on home through Boone, Ames and Tama. We followed the Sac-Fox Indian Trail, several miles of gravel road, and saw some Iowa Indians. Everything is as usual here. I had a letter from Mary Ellen and one from Vivien. I guess Park got her minister as the new college pastor. Right now I feel like going to bed and starting to re-read some of the "Little House" books. Phyllis went to the fair with Pences. Peggy McKinstry, representing West Chester, is Miss Washington County. Diana Reiff and Deanna Statler had the champion 4-H demonstration, Larry the champ lamb.
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You trip made me want to reread some of the Little House books also!
When I compiled my entry about DeSmet and the surrounding area, I also thought about the time you got our family to Starlight Theater to see "Little Town on the Prairie."
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