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.
Civil War in Ripley County. Based on Jerry Ponder, The Wilson Massacre, and The Burning of Doniphan, previously unpublished articles submitted to OzarksWatch. Part I: The Wilson Massacre. An unusual group assembled at the Pulliam farm in southwestern Ripley County, Missouri for Christ-mas in 1863.