Discovering Lewis and Clark
Editor's note: This article was originally featured in the winter issue of 2003. Quotes and descriptions were pulled from journal entries. We camped in one of the most beautiful plains I ever saw…
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A Sunflower State Literary Pilgrimage: Visiting the Custers
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…
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The Wild Mustangs of the Flint Hills
Photography by Dave Leiker Kansas ranchers team with a national program to bring mustang herds back to the Sunflower State Our pick-up truck bumps across chert-strewn pastures as lightning flares…
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Refueling a Stealth Bomber
What does it take to offload 10,000 lbs. of jet fuel into a B-2 stealth bomber at 30,000 ft while hurtling over the Kansas prairie at 275 knots (400–500 mph)? Nine hundred or so Air National Guard…
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