Category: Kansas
What Shape Is Your Salt?
What shape is your salt? Not your salt shaker, but the salt itself that you put on your food. You probably never thought about it,…
One Large Company That Put Its Owner on the Map
He owned a railroad, construction company, ice, and cold storage business, a newspaper, and even a cemetery. But above and beyond those was one large…
650 Feet Below Ground
Today, we say hello to listeners at KWBW in Hutchinson, Kansas. I was recently in their town to visit with folks above ground and do…
A Battle With Inevitable Results
The shots at Ft. Sumter in April of 1861 are often considered the first military action of the Civil War. However, one could make a…
A Historic Vote on Slavery
In the years just ahead of the Civil War, thousands of people came to Kansas ahead of a critical vote on whether the new state…
Best of 2019: Lucas, Kansas’ Public Restroom
A public restroom is usually not a thing of beauty. It’s just designed to take care of the need at hand. Not so in Lucas,…
A Woman and Her Gun
Osa Johnson was certainly not an imposing figure, but give her a gun and she could drop some of the most ferocious animals in the…
Home of the Safari Museum
Many towns have a museum of local history, but why is Chanute, Kansas home to the Safari Museum? It may seem like a piece of…
The President Who Claimed Kansas as Home
This President was born in Texas, but always claimed Kansas as his home…
The Cathedral of the Plains
When this presidential candidate saw the building, he dubbed it the cathedral of the plains. That’s the name that still draws people from states away…
