Category: Kansas
A Battle in Kansas
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…
John Brown: The Early Years
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…
Jumping Off the Train
Imagine a train chugging south out of Kansas with people jumping from the cars all along its route. This is the reason they jumped and…
The Cherokee Strip
It’s called the Cherokee Strip…a stretch of land in north central Oklahoma originally given to the Cherokee and later opened to settlement by the U.S….
Permission to Get Married
For an enlisted man at Fort Hays, it wasn’t enough to win a woman’s heart and ask her hand in marriage. You needed the permission…
Reasons for Enlisting
The army certainly needs strong, upstanding young men and women to fill its ranks…but in the late 19th century, the reasons folks enlisted may have…
A Remaining Fort
As Americans moved from east to west, a network of forts sprang up on the high plains to protect travel and commerce. A few of…
The Little Red House in Western Kansas
The first building in this town didn’t begin its life here. In fact i’s route to this city is a story in itself. This is…
The Superhighway of the 1800s
It was a superhighway of the 1800s…a thruway carrying people and cargo from two ends of the country. It may not have been here though…
The Married Life at Fort Hays
For an enlisted man at Fort Hays, it wasn’t enough to win a young woman’s heart and ask her hand in marriage. You needed the…
