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A frequent contributor to KANSAS! magazine, Mary Gage has written extensively about the history and modern attractions of the state. When Elizabeth “Libbie” Bacon Custer accompanied her husband,

Kansas Pony Express sites celebrate the 160th anniversary of the legendary, short-lived mail system Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows, not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk

What we know about one of the state’s most widely studied and important archaeological sites begins with hungry squirrels. According to stories passed down in Scott County and retold by Dennie

(First published in our winter 2013 edition, feature "A Symbolic State." It's been updated to the current date) Trube Reese discovered the nearly forgotten, handwritten poem that inspired the Kansas

Believed to be the Midwest’s largest indoor annual Christmas tree display, the collection of 170 unusual and historic holiday trees returns to the Lecompton Territorial Capital Museum from October 15

The tradition of Liberal’s annual pancake celebration actually started across the Atlantic, in the town of Olney, England, over 500 years ago. Legend has it that in 1445, a woman in Olney was

Enterprise’s Hoffman Grist Mill offers visitors a glimpse into a historic Kansas industry—turning wheat to flour. If Joe Minick, a Dickinson County native, has his way, today’s Kansans will not

Photo from the Library of Congress, Illustrations by Ted. S. Komala Buffalo Soldiers are part of America’s lexicon and collective legend. Perhaps this is because of our love of anything “Wild West.”

An impromptu street corner debate in his hometown of Emporia provoked newspaper editor William Allen White to write the editorial “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” The 1896 essay blasted the state’s