To the Stars: The Story of Kansas

Civilian Conservation Corps built Woodson State Fishing Lake in Kansas

By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle Today at 6:30 a.m.

The old-timers call it Lake Fegan.

Potawatomi chief left his mark on Kansas
By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle | May 13 at 1:29 p.m.
His Potawatomi name was Nan-Wesh-Mah.
This Brown fought against slavery with words
By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle | May 6 at 11:23 p.m.
He was the other Brown in Bleeding Kansas, the one who didn’t approve of the things John Brown did.
‘Duck Man’ of Ellinwood part of early beginnings of Cheyenne Bottoms
By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle | April 30 at 6:44 a.m.
For years, he was called the “Duck Man.”
Coffeyville man creates ICEE
By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle | April 15 at 4:29 p.m.
It was an idea born as a fluke.
Famed Dodge City dentist was also a dairy farmer and sculptor
By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle | April 9 at 6:22 a.m.
As a frontier dentist, O.H. Simpson seldom hesitated to make do with primitive materials.
Ad Astra: Larabee family poured money into Stafford
By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita | March 25 at 8:07 p.m.
They were a family strangely out of place among dirt-poor farmers.
81 years since Kansas plane crash killed Knute Rockne
By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle | March 22 at 6:19 a.m.
It’s been 81 years since the plane crash – nearly twice as many years as Knute Rockne was alive.
Richard Taylor carried on Nation’s fight against liquor
By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle | March 12 at 6:43 a.m.
Historians have called it the “100 years’ war,” for the way Kansans firmly held on to their beliefs and ideals about Prohibition.
Iconic company Fuller Brush moved to Great Bend in the 1970s
By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle | March 5 at 6:35 a.m.
One of the nation’s most iconic companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month: the Fuller Brush Co.
Wichitan helped promote communism in Kansas, America
By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 20 at 6:41 a.m.
One of the most powerful communist leaders in America during the 20th century was Wichitan Earl Browder.
Ambrose sisters made their name in New York
By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 13 at 6:10 a.m.
This is one in a series of vignettes celebrating Kansas history. The series’ name comes from the state motto, Ad astra per aspera: To the stars through difficulties.
Homestead Act brought diversity to Kansas years ago
By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 6 at 6:24 a.m.
This is one in a series of vignettes celebrating Kansas history. The series’ name comes from the state motto, Ad astra per aspera: To the stars through difficulties.
Annie Diggs championed women’s right to vote
By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 30 at 10:14 a.m.
This is one in a series of vignettes celebrating Kansas history. The series’ name comes from the state motto, “Ad astra per aspera: "To the stars through difficulties."
Replica of 1865 Peace Treaty to be in Wichita
BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | July 19 at 6:42 a.m.
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Kansas, a replica of the 1865 Peace Treaty will soon be on display.
State's historical newspapers available on the Web
BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | Dec. 20 at 7:26 a.m.
Some of Kansas' oldest newspapers are now online through the Library of Congress, allowing anyone with Internet access to view how 19th-century Kansas was built day by day.
Delaware woman chose life as U.S. citizen
BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 1 at 5:56 a.m.
Her Indian name was “Windagamen.” It meant “Sweetness.” Her white name was Anna. She was a Lenape Delaware Indian who married Moses Grinter, and when she died in 1905, she was a wealthy, prominent woman in Kansas City.
'Amazon Army' protested unfair labor
BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 4 at 6:06 a.m.
This is one in a series of vignettes celebrating history. The series' name comes from the state motto, Ad astra per aspera: "To the stars through difficulties."
Author chronicles Wichita's affairs with jazz, bootlegging
BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | August 23 at 7:10 a.m.
This is one in a series of vignettes celebrating history. The series' name comes from the state motto, Ad astra per aspera: "To the stars through difficulties."
Kansan traveled world for faith
August 2 at 6:49 a.m.
This is one in a series of vignettes celebrating history. The series' name comes from the state motto, Ad astra per aspera: "To the stars through difficulties."

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