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St. Marys History Games

Vol. I — No. 1 St. Marys, Kansas 1871–1931

Twelve dispatches from a prairie town — choose a story and decide how it ends.

No. 01 The Railhead A Chisholm Trail cattle drive, 1871. Outlast weather, rivers, and the market. Read the story → No. 02 Mayor of St. Marys, 1878 The civic heart of the series. Balance the factions and win re-election. Read the story → No. 03 The Painted Rose A saloon's social order. Keep it solvent without losing its standing. Read the story → No. 04 Marshal of St. Marys Law and order on a frontier street. Respect, fear, or something in between. Read the story → No. 05 Struggle for the County Seat A county-seat campaign. Win the vote — cleanly, or by dirtier means. Read the story → No. 06 Court House on Wheels Regional influence and the fight to seat the courthouse your way. Read the story → No. 07 Fifty Years Ahead Steward the 1888 city windmill across decades. Deferred upkeep comes due. Read the story → No. 08 The St. Marys Journal Run a scrappy weekly against the established Star. Truth, order, or profit. Read the story → No. 09 The Dynamo Trail Keep the lights on through the early power-plant years. Read the story → No. 10 The St. Marys Fire Trail Disaster readiness. Prepare before the fire arrives — or pay for it. Read the story → No. 11 The Grand Meet A race meet, 1905–1923. The hardest lesson is knowing when to fold. Read the story → No. 12 The College Crest A town-and-college golf club, 1923–1931. Tend the oil-and-sand greens and keep the membership. Read the story →

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