Jeff Stalnaker, a 1986 graduate of Iola High School, will return to Iola Thursday to talk about his new book “The Battle of Mine Creek: The Crushing End of the Missouri Campaign” at 7 p.m. in the Frederick Funston Meeting Hall at 207 N. Jefferson. The event is being sponsored by the Allen County Historical Society.
A graduate of the University of Kansas with a degree in history and political science, Stalnaker said he became interested in history while a student at Iola Middle School.
“I guess you could say Bill Shirley, who was my eighth-grade history teacher,…
Author to discuss Civil War battle
