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Making tracks

Up for a challenge? How about a 51-mile bike ride through Eastern Kansas? Or maybe you can turn that into a trek on foot.Even if you don't want to push your limits, however, you can still enjoy a ...
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Posted on November 8, 2011 10:05AM by Dennis Toll

Tucked Away in a Corner of Kansas

My wife, Amy, and I recently took a weekend to get away from it all. And we got as far away from home as we could get and still be in Kansas.Sprawled across Kansas' southwest corner is the Cimarron ...
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Posted on October 11, 2011 8:43AM by Dennis Toll

Keep them doggies movin'

This was better than any parade.Cowboys on horseback drove four hundred head of longhorns right through the center of Caldwell, Kansas. A couple of thousand spectators crowded around the edges of the ...
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Posted on September 7, 2011 9:13AM by Dennis Toll

Discovering a Gem Nestled in the High Plains

It’s ironic. Kansas is known for its wide-open vistas, where sky meets horizon in every direction. You would think with nothing blocking the view, you could easily see everything there is to see.My ...
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Posted on August 26, 2011 4:14PM by Dennis Toll

Where it Really Started

Before the Civil War — before Gettysburg, before Shiloh, before Fredericksburg, even before Confederate cannonballs rained down on Fort Sumter — a battle was fought over the issue of slavery. And it ...
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Posted on August 3, 2011 2:10PM by Dennis Toll

Wide open spaces

An endless horizon that stretches to infinity in every direction. Vast grasslands filled with wildflowers of every color. Historic traces of pioneers’ quest to tame the prairie. Rugged bluffs and ...
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Posted on June 1, 2011 1:18PM by Dennis Toll

Byways of Stone

The story of the Flint Hills is largely a story about limestone. Now don't wince at the thought of learning about rocks; the story of the flinty-hard layers of stone in the Kansas Flint Hills is as ...
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Posted on March 2, 2011 3:12PM by Dennis Toll


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