Where I have slept in Atchison.....

I came to Atchison in the Summer of 1997!  The first place I stayed was at the Abby when I was here for an interview for a job at Benedictine College.  I became  Chair of the Business Department there in the Fall of that year.  The Abby was very quiet.  They invite you to early morning prayers at 5:00 AM in the morning!

In the first few months, I also stayed a few nights at the Dean' house which is on the "River Road" on the South side of town. The house has a swimming pool.

For the first 18 months at BC I was traveling back to Manhattan, Kansas on the weekends.   My first "home" was in the basement of this house on River Road.  It was called the Muchnic House because that was the family that built it.  Another professor rented me a room in the basement.  In the early morning sometimes there were deer in the backyard from Jackson Park which is virtually next door.

Well, that basement arrangement lasted about 2 Semesters but then my host wanted his basement back so I rented the top floor of this house in 400 block of 7th street.  I was still traveling back and forth on the weekends.

After the yellow house,  my family moved to town and we were able to rent this house at 7th and Laramie from Bill and EdnaMay Wolters.  They were great!  There was no front porch when we had it.  It is truly a beautiful house!  We stayed there until there was an attic fire!   My son, Nathan, was home when it started and he was able to get out and alert the neighbors.  The Fire Marshal said that he saved the house and most of our belongings becasue if they had gotten there 10 minutes later, the fire would have been very hard to stop!



The Atchison community was absolutely marvelous after the fire.  They helped us clean up and move our stuff into storage.  They also arranged for us to stay overnight, first at the AmericInn, and then at John Settich's St. Martin's Bed and Breakfast.  After that time we moved into the Lewis and Clark Hall at the Atchison Heritage Conference Center.  We had two rooms.  It was bare bones but nice.  We really learned how to cook out of a microwave and croc pot.  It is amazing how many different things you can cook with these two devices!








Once we got things sorted out after the fire, we ended up staying at the Lewis and Clark Hall at the Atchison Heritage Conference Center.  We had two rooms and stayed there about 6 months while the house we were restoring was getting to the point that we could live in it!  Thank the Lord for Renter's Insurance!













Now we live in this house!  We restored it and have been here for about 5 years!