Article: The beauty of barns

New book celebrates a Kansas tradition in words and pictures

Robert Marsh

By Jan Biles

The Capital-Journal

Robert Marsh and his wife, Marion, put enough miles on their car last year to drive nearly to Baghdad and back.

But the Ottawa couple never left Kansas.

The Marshes toured the state looking for farm buildings to feature in "Barns of Kansas: A Pictorial History," a book published by The Donning Co. Publishers and sponsored by Kansas Electric Cooperatives Inc.

"We drove 11,000 miles, and we didn't touch every county," Robert Marsh said. "We took 1,200 photos."

Marsh, now retired, is known throughout the state as a structural engineer and architect. He was a partner for 21 years with ...

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