IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE GETTING TO SLEEP,
  TRY RESTING IN THE LORD

Image #'s A58-250, 251; I captured this image of the Lyons' Victorian Mansion while visiting Ft. Scott, Kansas.  In 1872 a banker from Boston sent his two daughters with their husbands to open the bank of Fort Scott.  The women and their husbands were not readily accepted in this frontier town.  Actually they stuck out like sore thumbs.  The Easterners pursued their dream, and began building two magnificent homes.  The twin sister to this mansion is next door.  The homes stand four stories tall, as there was abundant timber on the Marmaton River running behind the fort.  The porches front and back, are the only way the Twin Mansions differ except for personal taste of each sister.  The wood in both homes is the same in type and style, one daughter added the fancy rosettes and elaborate mill work, and her sister next door preferred the smooth and stately look.  The wood in the foyer and the parlors is native black walnut.  The gas chandelier in the South Parlor is one of the most unusual.   The tall posts on top were sheathed in white porcelain cylinders resembling candles when lit.