Pony Express: Along for the Ride
Kansas Pony Express sites celebrate over 160 years of the legendary, short-lived mail system Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows, not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death…
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Tag: History
Kansas Innovator: George Washington Carver
Portrait by Wichita artist Ric Dunwoody George Washington Carver is one of Kansas’ favorite sons. And for good reason; he was a man of many talents. Most of us know him as a scientist, but he was…
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The Game of Kings (and cowboys)
A Flint Hills ranch keeps a rougher version of polo alive Photography by Jason Dailey\ Polo is one of the world’s oldest sports, believed to originate in the 6th century BCE among the nomadic tribes…
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Two Hundred Years of the Santa Fe Trail
A vital land trail receives recognition and a reappraisal of its role in American history and in shaping the future of Kansas Illustrations by Doug Holdread, courtesy of the Santa Fe Trail Association…
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From the Archives: Monarch of the Plains
Photography by Andrea Etzel & Lorraine Jackson (black and white images) From the archives, this story was originally published in the summer of 1967. Some pieces of this article have been edited…
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The Stone Arch Bridges of Cowley County
Photography by Bill Stephens Travel back 100 years to the era of hand-built limestone bridges of Cowley County, standing as monuments to a Kansas architect and his stoneworkers It’s a beautiful…
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Ten Kansas Military Legends to Know
Kansas Tourism General Lewis W. Walt General Lewis Walt was born in Wabaunsee County in 1913. He was commissioned in the Army Field Artillery Reserve before accepting an appointment as a Marine…
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Pueblo on the Prairie
Kansas Tourism (This article was updated in November 2021) It’s a Southwest-style ruin where the deer, as well as the squirrels and the beavers, roam. What we know about one of the state’s most…
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A Kansas Staple
(Updated November 3, 2021) 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…
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The Original Homes on the Range
Photo courtesy of the Kansas Historical Society Indigenous people’s oral histories and archeological research provide insight into the first Kansas homes Long before Euro-American settlers built…
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