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Major Civil War battles took place in Kansas, many courtesy of William Quantrill
Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run were all Civil War battles that took place elsewhere.
Kansas girl Gwendolyn Brooks broke ground as black poet
Today at 6:17 a.m.“Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony hushers, ‘Even if you are not ready for day, It can not always be night.’ You will be right. For that is the hard home-run.
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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.
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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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