Oral Roberts. American evangelist Oral Roberts (born 1918) was an early pioneer in televangelism, or using television to preach the gospel. Roberts, a stutterer-turnedpreacher who survived a bout of deadly tuberculosis as an adolescent, has been a successful businessman, author, and educator.
Soldier, Kansas. Soldier is a city in Jackson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 136.
It was named for General Alexander Doniphan, of Mexican War fame. It is said that in the county seat war between Troy and Wathena, the story is told of a cannon that was stolen nightly by one town or the other, depending on who had it in their possession, until finally someone sunk it in the local creek. It was also told that the county records were treated in the same manner. Doniphan county is known as the birthplace in Kansas of squatter sovereignty, with the creation of the Squatter Association of Kansas in the county in 1854.