Poems and Stories

written by my Grandparents, Webster and Maggie Baker during the 1880s brings that part of History to life.

Maggie and Webster's Early Life

Maggie was 18 and Webster 23 when Websters dad moved his family to Kansas to Homestead. Webster had to leave his girl friend back in Indiana. That is the heart ache behind the poem Separation. How he came back and married his formal sweetheart is part of the story.

My Father's Adventures

My dad, Chester Baker, grew up on this Sugar Maple farm and he had many adventures as a farm boy in the early Nineteen Hundreds. How he lost his pig down a sink hole and was able to retrieve it is part of history.

Stories of Mitchell

Many of the stories of Mitchell were written by Jack Colglazier.

My Life as an Airplane Pilot

My life as an airplane pilot brings history to the modern day. I was able to fly my plane from the Pacific to the Atlantic, from Alaska to Florida and many places in between. My experience of racing airplanes is unique and very different from the normal way of life.