< < < Click on Leonardville Today button for current information. OR Click on a link in the "Navigation" box a long the upper left side of each web page OR Click on this link: Index of all Articles to see all the articles on this website. 2011 Leonardville Hullabaloo August 12 - 13, 2011 Friday-Saturday and the 1st Annual Leonardville "Thunder in the Ville" are now history... If you weren't there, you missed a great weekend!!! "Hometown Boy Makes Good" Congratulations to Jordy Nelson and the Green Bay Packers for their victory in Super Bowl XLV !  and for making the cover of "Sports Illustrated"... Way to go, Jordy !!! Pictured on the cover is Jordy (87) with QB Arron Rodgers (12), "celebrating" after Jordy scored the first touchdown for the Packers on a pass from Rodgers. The Packers went on to win Super Bowl XLV, 31-26 Downtown Leonardville
Sikes Store corner in downtown Leonardville (circa. 1912) Welcome to Leonardville There is a spot in Kansas, most beautiful to see, This spot nestles in the bosom of Riley County fair Welcome to this spot, ye travelers here today. ________________ This poem appeared in The Leonardville Monitor newspaper on November 11, 1909. It was originally printed on cards and handed out by citizens of
Leonardville to motorists participating in the Manhattan Motor Club's Sociability Run on November 5, 1909. ________________ Let’s be neighborly in our automobiles and go on a "Sociability Run" As
cars became popular in the early 1900's, automobile associations or
"motor clubs" were formed to further promote automobile use. These
motor clubs planned "sociability runs" or tours. Sociability runs were
taken to bring neighboring communities closer together. They also afforded automobile owners a great opportunity to see new places
and even promote their city or upcoming special events.  "Making Our Community a Better Place To Live" What can you do to help? == Volunteer! "Volunteers get no pay, not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless." |
