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Friend of Abraham Lincoln’s carried GOP zeal to the grave in Kansas
One hundred and twenty-three years after he died, Nathaniel Grigsby’s epitaph has gone viral.
Major Civil War battles took place in Kansas, many courtesy of William Quantrill
May 12 at 8:18 p.m.Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run were all Civil War battles that took place elsewhere.
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Kansans led land rush into Indian Territory
On this date – 124 years ago – at high noon, the world exploded into Indian Territory, now Oklahoma.
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Kansas’ ‘Goat Gland Doctor’ claimed his treatments could restore men’s vigor
There wasn’t much John Romulus Brinkley didn’t think he could do.
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Sacred springs now covered by Glen Elder Reservoir
Early Indian tribes believed some places were more sacred than others and were the spots where humans and the supernatural mingled.
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Hiawatha’s John Davis spent thousands on memorial to wife, marriage
There was a time when John Milburn Davis was one of the most hated men in Kansas.
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Emily Morgan played crucial role during Alaska diphtheria epidemic
It has been nearly nine decades since Emily Morgan, a Kansas native, drew the attention of the world and was nicknamed the “Angel of the Yukon.”
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Kansas tree experiment now a well-established arboretum
More than a century ago, an Indiana schoolteacher came to Kansas to conduct a scientific experiment that would eventually involve the U.S. government.
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Kansas has endured many bad winter storms
It is a Kansas tradition to look to the sky.
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Enos Mills believed in curative powers of nature
As a boy, Enos Mills was frail, sickly and not expected to live long.
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Boston Corbett moved to Kansas after John Wilkes Booth shooting
He was the man who mortally wounded President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin – and was perhaps one of the most colorful and certifiably insane figures to emerge in Kansas history.
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Windsor Hotel graces skyline of Garden City
The Windsor Hotel stands tall in matronly elegance against Garden City’s skyline. It is a symbol of Victorian promise and success.
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In 1970s, farmers traveled to D.C. to demonstrate
It’s been 34 years since the nation’s news was filled with reports of feisty farmers.
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Newspaperman Bliss Isely led the way for Kansas historians
In the days when Kansas was young, Bliss Isely recorded and marked the way for future Kansas historians.
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Singer Patti Page had deep roots in Kansas
The world knew her as Patti Page.
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Civil War soldier Nelson Miles didn’t care for Kansas
Nelson Miles didn’t like Kansas.
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213 schoolchildren perished in the Great Plains blizzard of 1888
It was a blizzard that in its day stunned the nation.
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Charles Sheldon put faith into action
When Charles Sheldon first arrived in Topeka in 1889, Kansas and much of the nation was in an economic bust.
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Architect designed, constructed iconic buildings in Kansas
For most Kansans, the name Erasmus T. Carr probably doesn’t have a familiar ring.
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‘Pistol Pete’ Eaton’s formative years were in Kansas
In the end, Oklahoma may claim him.
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