Potawatomi chief left his mark on Kansas
His Potawatomi name was Nan-Wesh-Mah.
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The old-timers call it Lake Fegan.
His Potawatomi name was Nan-Wesh-Mah.
He was the other Brown in Bleeding Kansas, the one who didn’t approve of the things John Brown did.
For years, he was called the “Duck Man.”
It was an idea born as a fluke.
As a frontier dentist, O.H. Simpson seldom hesitated to make do with primitive materials.
They were a family strangely out of place among dirt-poor farmers.
Its been 81 years since the plane crash nearly twice as many years as Knute Rockne was alive.
Historians have called it the “100 years’ war,” for the way Kansans firmly held on to their beliefs and ideals about Prohibition.
One of the nation’s most iconic companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month: the Fuller Brush Co.
One of the most powerful communist leaders in America during the 20th century was Wichitan Earl Browder.
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.
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.
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."
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Kansas, a replica of the 1865 Peace Treaty will soon be on display.
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.
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.
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."
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."
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."