Goodbye Texas – what a relief, and now we are in Liberal, Kansas.  Don’t worry we have not changed our political afflication and we wondered whether the name was a political statement but found out it came about through hospitality and generosity.  In the 1880s water was scarce in Southwest Kansas and what was available was often expensive.  S. S. Rogers dug a well for his own use yet always allowed travelers access to his water.  The travelers offered to pay, yet Rogers said “Water is always free here”.  The story goes that most travelers replied “that’s mighty liberal of you” and the area become known as “the liberal well”.

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