Tag: Girard

Help, Shop Small, Who We Are

Four antiques & vintage shops in the Pittsburg area you can’t miss

Paradise Mall Antiques, Furniture & More With 10,000+ square feet, this is the largest antique and collectibles store in Southeast Kansas. Frequently voted the #1 Antique and collectible store in Crawford County. Location: 105 S Broadway St, Pittsburg, KS 66762Phone: 620-232-6956Social: Facebook.com/ParadiseMall1 Past Time Antiques, Collectibles & Flea Market Where […]

Annual

A New Century of the Crawford County Fair

The Crawford County Fair is celebrating Year 1 of a new century. 2017 marks the 101st annual Crawford County Fair (although the fair’s history goes back even further!). Look back through the first 100 years and you will see an event characterized by hard work, community, and wholesome fun: thousands […]

What We're Known For

Socialist Press – Girard’s Appeal to Reason

Girard in the early 1900s was primarily a quiet home for the well-off, the retired merchants and farmers, and other conservative types of midwestern United States. Quite opposite to the county seat, nearby mining towns were home to working class immigrants immersed in poverty and injustice. The inequality faced by […]

Arts, Help

Treasuring Local Art

Often encompassing the spirit and uniqueness of the community, local art is something to treasure. Since last spring, downtown Pittsburg has been the home of a local art gallery created with that very mission in mind, and whose featured art is as varied as its artists. ArtForms Gallery LLC is […]