Illustration: Torren Thomas An unlikely astronaut, a Kansas monkey named Miss Able, rocketed the U.S. into the space race in 1959. Her successful ride in a Jupiter nose cone paved the way for humans…
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Illustration by Lana Grove Artifacts from Ark City digs challenge what previously has been known about Plains Native Americans After recent archaeological digs in Kansas, our understanding, and our…
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Elmer McCurdy wasn’t your typical outlaw—his life of crime was defined by failure, and his bizarre posthumous journey only added to the tragic comedy of his existence. In October 1911, the Leader, a…
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Nat Love, or Deadwood Dick, is one of the most famous cowboys who rode the Western Cattle Trail. His autobiography tells of growing up enslaved on a plantation in Davidson County, Tennessee. He left…
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150 years ago, Texas cowboys began driving cattle herds along the newly established Western Cattle Trail and transformed Dodge City with their business, celebrations, and wild ways This year marks…
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Kate Doane Earle Riggs Bushwhacker Beater Kate Doane Earle was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 29, 1836. As a young woman, she taught school before moving to Lawrence and marrying…
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Elizabeth Margaret Acheson Fisher Free Stater and Rescuer Elizabeth Margaret Acheson was born in New York City on January 25, 1826. By the time she had become a young woman, Elizabeth and her family…
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Artwork: Torren Thomas In the late 1800s and early 1900s, criminals often broke the law on the Kansas plains, but some were rebels with a cause – and others were outlaws While struggling to…
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Artwork: Torren Thomas In the late 1800s and early 1900s, criminals often broke the law on the Kansas plains, but some were rebels with a cause – and others were outlaws Manifest destiny, a term…
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Photo Credit: Meg Kumin An ancient sea and the life that thrived in it shaped the contour of the land we know Kansas is known for a few things—wheat, beef, sunflowers, sports—not so much water…
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