Legacy of Cottonwood Ranch
A video presented by The Friends of Cottonwood Ranch ---- Featuring Don Rowlinson / Directed by Ed Lowry
A video presented by The Friends of Cottonwood Ranch ---- Featuring Don Rowlinson / Directed by Ed Lowry
“History comes from people living on the land, the grassroots. It starts here.”
Don Rowlison, archeologist and curator of Cottonwood Ranch Historic Site
Don Rowlison, archeologist and curator of Cottonwood Ranch Historic Site
The Legacy of Cottonwood Ranch, a documentary shown on PBS stations across Kansas, provides a unique understanding of early settlement on the high plains of the Sunflower State by sharing a family’s history, preserved and recorded through the decades in stunning photography, detailed ledgers, and beautiful stone structures quarried short miles from the now historic site.
In the documentary, Don Rowlison, with help from some friends, guides us through the history of the Pratt family who built Cottonwood and how they immigrated from England to start a community on the rolling “sea of grass” in the middle of North America's Great Plains.
In the documentary, Don Rowlison, with help from some friends, guides us through the history of the Pratt family who built Cottonwood and how they immigrated from England to start a community on the rolling “sea of grass” in the middle of North America's Great Plains.
