Saturday, October 17 was an especially busy day at Ensor Park and Museum, which hosted an auction and raffle the middle of the day and was open to visitors during the afternoon hours.
Among those who made their way to the 40-acre historic site in Olathe that afternoon were a man and his two energetic sons, Bingham, 11, and Brock, 8. It is reported that the man and presumably the boys, too, were given a tour of the Ensor home and the outbuildings by one of the docents on duty at the time. But at some point the two young men discovered Jason's Lane, the space between the double hedge row to the south of the cow barn, and decided to hold a race there.
Needing to cover a distance of approximately 200 meters altogether, Bingham and Brock went at it on the natural course with plenty of shade, and in the end it was the younger of the two boys, Brock, pictured here in the foreground, who prevailed by about 10 yards at the finish line. Bingham, better luck next time!
Jason's Lane is named after Jason Gaumer, KFØISL, the secretary of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club, who has taken a keen interest in keeping the space between the double hedge row free of scrub trees and unwanted vegetation. In days gone by, this space was apparently used to guide the Ensor family's dairy cows toward and away from the cow barn, which is where the milking was done twice a day.