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The state constitution itself has its roots in the bitter days of Bleeding Kansas.
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HAYS, Kansas — On the night of Jan. 6, 1869, Luke Barnes, Lee Watkins and James Ponder sat in jail accused of shooting a white railroad worker in this…
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Photo studios were busy places in Leavenworth, Kansas, in the late 1870s. Thousands of everyday people flocked to have their pictures taken.Today, some of…
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Cursive handwriting is no longer a necessity in school or daily life. But the fancy flowing script will always have a connection to history, and being…
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The official launch of the Kansas African-American History Trail will be held in Wichita this week.Eight sites across Kansas have been selected as charter…
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Sixty-four years ago, the United States Supreme Court handed down the decision to end legal segregation in the public school system as part of the Brown…
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Andrew Malan Milward, a Lawrence, Kan. native, received accolades from Stewart O’Nan and Lauren Groff for his Kansas stories, The Agriculture Hall of…
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Ivanpah, in Greenwood County, is today little more than a schoolhouse. I recently gave a talk about it for the Symphony in the Flint Hills.Dating from…
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Historians will always need to visit archives and libraries, although it is truly amazing how much information is available in digital form.A few months…
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Recently, two students and I had a chance to work on a project that looked at the Kansas ancestors of President Barack Obama.Given today’s political…