This photograph of Paul H. Meadows was taken in Germany where he served during the Cold War. He was born on September 14, 1929 on a farm 5 miles north of Neal, Kansas. He attended rural schools in District #9 (grades 1-8), Hamilton, Kansas (grades 9-10), Tonavey, Kansas (finished 10th grade) and Neal High School (grades 11-12). After graduating from Neal High School in 1947, he moved to Toronto, Kansas and worked at odd jobs. In 1948 he attended business college in Chillicothe, Missouri. He started working for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway in 1949 and moved to Syracuse, Kansas. On July 2, 1950 he married his wife. Paul Meadows was drafted into the Army on April 13, 1951 and served two years. After he was discharged on March 23, 1953 from the Army, he went back to work for the Santa Fe. He and his wife moved to Cimarron, Kansas in September 1953. In January 1991, he retired from Santa Fe.