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Learn About Irish Roots in Kansas

St Patrick's Day 2024 Get ready for St. Patrick's Day 2024! This holiday is well-celebrated with numerous cities and towns across Kansas putting together annual parades and festivals. This isn't a " just for fun " type of celebration, either. The roots and heritage of the Irish people go back to…

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2024 Kansas Day Events

Kansas Day is on January 29th, and this year, the day falls on a Monday, which means you'll be able to find numerous celebrations that are happening over the weekend! Whether it's a community gathering, a history lesson on Kansas, or a new restaurant you'd like to try, make this year's Kansas Day…

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Bleeding Kansas: A Tour of the War before the War

A small two-story wooden building, a grassy meadow, a quiet park, a wooded valley between hills; these spots today are relatively unassuming and even banal at first appearance, but there was a time when these places in rural Kansas were the center of national attention. I visited several major sites…

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The Storytellers of Southeast Kansas

Names you know. Names you should know. They saved and told the stories of Kansas, America, and the world. Memories from traveling across American pioneer country by covered wagon and growing up on a farm near Independence in 1869-70 inspired Laura Ingalls Wilder to write her original novel. The…

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Let’s Have a Parade!

Those words kick off a Lawrence holiday tradition, the Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade, held the first Saturday in December at 11 A.M. This year, on December 2, 2023, it will be for the 30th time. If you love horses, holidays, and history, you’ll love the Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas…

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Three Native American Historic Sites to Explore

Kansas is the homeland of a wide variety of native American tribes. For thousands of years, native tribes lived across the vast prairies passing down their traditions to each successive generation. Tribes such as the Pawnee, Osage, Kaw, Arapaho, Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita are just a few of the…

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10 Fall Drives in Kansas That Will Cure Your Fall Fever

2023 PEAK FALL FOLIAGE IN KANSAS Kansas' fall foliage is usually most visible just before and after Halloween in late October and early November. The northern half of the state will begin to see leaves change in early to mid-October (October 10-17), while the trees located in the southern half will…

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