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Article: The beauty of barns
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- The Topeka Capital-Journal
- Article date:
- May 29, 2003
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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 ...