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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,

Annette Hope Billings is an award-winning writer and actress who has called Topeka home since early childhood. During a recent visit to Fort Scott, Kansas, I learned the multi-talented,

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

Kansas Museum of History (credit - Andrea LaRayne Etzel) APRIL 5 52 nd Annual GCCC Intercollegiate Rodeo | Garden City Watch the best of the central plains collegiate rodeo riders participate in the

’Tis the season of decked halls and open doors at holiday homes tours, which are as much of a tradition in several Kansas communities as Santa’s visit. Whether homes are embellished by the owners or

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.”