To the Stars: The Story of Kansas

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Custers' love letters crossed Plains

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | March 15 at 6:19 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 sought suffrage, ban on smoking

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | March 8 at 11:58 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."

Rushmore sculptor studied in Kan.

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | March 1 at 12:08 a.m.

He was only in Kansas for a short while.

Topekan led move to use of X-rays

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 15 at 11:01 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."

Kansas abolitionist endured torture

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 8 at 6:09 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."

Topekan was first person to fly Kansas-made plane over state

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 1 at 6:34 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."

Topeka NAACP leader had plan for school desegregation

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 18 at 5:48 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."

Topeka lawyer, WWI vet authored GI Bill

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 11 at 7:03 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's Old West photos wanted

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 28 at 12:33 a.m.

Francis Marion Steele was a genius at documenting disappearing ways of life. His black-and-white photos are iconic Old West. There's the half-circle of cowboys clutching plates of food, chuckwagon in the background, surrounded by prairie. Or the three American Indian boys seated on horses in the middle of a creek, sun streaming down. Or the early automobile, a horse-drawn wagon, billowy clouds and the pioneering spirit.