Ona Stella was a prolific painter. Ona was born in Kansas in September, 1873 only months after the tumultuous journey her family made from Ohio to Kansas seeking a more fruitful life on the plains.
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Ona Stella was a prolific painter. Ona was born in Kansas in September, 1873 only months after the tumultuous journey her family made from Ohio to Kansas seeking a more fruitful life on the plains.
By looking at the photos of her, you’d think she was a hard woman, an unhappy woman, a woman that controlled all that surrounded her.
She’s been here a long time, 111 years to be exact. She is poised between two hills, another house is about a half a mile west, and another a half mile east.