Saving Dalton Days
A happy childhood memory finds new life in Meade, Kansas.
By: Jana Bommersbach 01/01/2008
“It’s real important to keep history alive,” says Meredith, who adds how happy she was with this year’s festival. The annual event supports itself and helps support the Dalton Gang Hideout Museum, which has operated since 1941. The museum is in the barn of Eva Dalton Whipple’s place. Nearby is the small house where her bandit brothers hid out, and it’s open for tours.
Brent and Susan haven’t been back for the festival the past couple years, but they’re proud they helped revive and save it, and have fond memories of the last festivals they attended. “I loved that everyone pitched in and the town loved it and everybody had fun,” Brent says. “As a community event, it really brings the community together and everybody shows up for it.”
Thanks to Brent not letting his happy childhood memory get left in the past, every summer, this town goes all out to commemorate its piece of Western history.
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