Aug 24, 2026 · 59 min · 9 segments
This week PJ takes the wheel and drives the show to Atchinson, Kansas where we talk about the Sallie House (and some horrifying stories of medicine in the late 1800's!) Join us as we talk about one of…
Dr. Charles Finney was reading a book after a long day in the small and relatively new town of Atkinson, Kansas.
His father, Michael Finney.
Is it Atkinson or Atkinson?
Atkinson.
Oh, really? Okay.
It's a C-H.
No, I believe you.
T-C-H, so.
I
was thinking the Atkins diet.
No, no.
I don't have a script in front of me, so I'm just following you word for word.
Let's go.
Let's do this.
So Michael Finney moved the family to the town during its early years around 1856.
From there, he quickly rose in social standing and became the wharf master of the town.
And they owned several properties on North Second Street and had others built as well.
Hmm.
Yeah.
One of those was for his son, Charles.
Charles started in medicine by working at the Missouri Pacific Railway Hospital when he was just 18 years old.
And after a time there, he attended the Beaumont Medical College in 1894.
After graduation, he opened his own practice at the corner of Fifth and Commercial Streets in Atchison and quickly...
Don't worry, Binks is here.
Let me pull your chair up.
Dr. Charles Finney was reading a book after a long day in the small and relatively new town of Atkinson, Kansas.
His father, Michael Finney.
Is it Atkinson or Atkinson?
Atkinson.
Oh, really? Okay.
It's a C-H.
No, I believe you.
T-C-H, so.
I
was thinking the Atkins diet.
No, no.
I don't have a script in front of me, so I'm just following you word for word.
Let's go.
Let's do this.
So Michael Finney moved the family to the town during its early years around 1856.
From there, he quickly rose in social standing and became the wharf master of the town.
And they owned several properties on North Second Street and had others built as well.
Hmm.
Yeah.
One of those was for his son, Charles.
Charles started in medicine by working at the Missouri Pacific Railway Hospital when he was just 18 years old.
And after a time there, he attended the Beaumont Medical College in 1894.
After graduation, he opened his own practice at the corner of Fifth and Commercial Streets in Atchison and quickly...
Don't worry, Binks is here.
Let me pull your chair up.
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