The Keeper of the Plains in Wichita KS [Explore Kansas]
The Keeper of the Plains in Wichita - Kansas is Cor-Ten steel sculpture by Kiowa-Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin that has 13.4 metres tall. It stands at the confluence of Little Arkansas and Arkansas rivers in Wichita - Kansas, near the Mid-America All-Indian Center.
The Keeper of the Plains surrounded by multiple displays, such as several fire pits, known as Rings of Fire, that light up to illuminate the statue at night which describe the local tribes.
The Keeper of the Plains will be the best place for you to visit if you come to Wichita - Kansas. Enjoy the view of Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers with beautiful statue of The Keeper of the Plains.
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Old Cowtown Museum,
Intrust Bank Arena,
Wichita Toy Train Museum,
Great Plains Nature Center,
Mid-America All-Indian Center,
Paramount Antique Mall,
Kansas Wildlife Exhibit,
Veterans' Memorial Park,
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception,
Frank Lloyd Wright's Allen House,
Douglas Avenue,
Botanica The Wichita Gardens,
Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center,
Sedgwick Park,
Pizza Hut Museum,
Kansas Firefighters Museum,
Museum of World Treasures,
Sedgwick County Zoo,
Arkansas River Trail,
Ulrich Museum of Art,
Old Town,
Wichita Art Museum,
Music Theatre Wichita,
Wichita Sedgwick County Historical Museum,
Kansas Aviation Museum,
All Star Adventures,
Great Plains Transportation Museum,
The Keeper of the Plains,
Exploration Place,
Coleman Museum and Factory Outlet,
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The nearly 15-year effort to restore to flying condition the Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as Doc marked a milestone on Monday as volunteers rolled out the airplane from its hangar during a ceremony at Air Capital Flight Line, formerly Boeing Wichita, on south Oliver. Video by Jerry Siebenmark.
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Haunted Places in Kansas
From Wichita to Overland Park, Kansas City to Olathe, The Speakeasy presents our picks for the most haunted places in Kansas! Enjoy!
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5 Most Haunted Places in Kansas
There's a lot to love about Kansas, a place with a lot of history. Some of that history is dark, dark enough to create its share of ghost stories. Let's take a look at five of the most haunted places in Kansas.
Midland Railroad Hotel
Kansas Statehouse
Fort Riley
White Woman Creek
Sallie House
It's a creepy, frightening, weird and fascinating world out there. Let's take a look at the tales and legends behind hauntings, and explore the amazing, from the supernatural to the scientific, and from under the sea to among the stars.
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Visit Wichita - Weekend Road Trip
Wichita is the largest city in the state of Kansas and the 48th-largest city in the United States. The estimated population of the Wichita metropolitan area is approximately 650,000. The city began as a trading post on the Chisholm Trail in the 1860s, and was incorporated in 1870. It subsequently became a key destination for cattle drives traveling north from Texas to access railroads, earning it the nickname Cowtown. In the 1920s and 1930s, businessmen and aeronautical engineers established a number of successful aircraft manufacturing companies in Wichita. Lloyd Stearman, Walter Beech, and Clyde Cessna established the Travel Air Manufacturing Company in Wichita in January 26, 1925. The city transformed into a hub of U.S. aircraft production and became known as The Air Capital of the World. Beechcraft, Cessna, (both now part of Textron Aviation) and other firms including Learjet, Airbus and Spirit AeroSystems continue to operate design and manufacturing facilities in Wichita today, and the city remains a major center of the U.S. aircraft industry.
We couldn't see everything in Wichita in 3 days, but we tried. We wanted to hit several outdoor spaces, so we hiked in 4 parks, Swanson Park, Air Capital Memorial Park, Pawnee Prairie Park, and the Great Plains Nature Center. We also got a chance to try some great restaurants and brew pubs while we were in town and attend Midwest Winefest. Each of those locations will be reviewed in other videos, so please stay tuned. We also got the opportunity to kayak in the Arkansas River. This was a new experience for us and was really fun. Look for this activity to be available to the public in Summer of 2019. I feature of the city is the Keeper of the Plains monument. It is a great space to be in and you can really feel the energy of the city there. Be sure to be there around 9pm for the lighting of the fire pots. We want to thank visitwichita.com for hosting us in Wichita.
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First Schools of America - Late 19th Century
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Keeper of the Plains - Visit Wichita - Park Travel Review
One of the most iconic images in Wichita, the Keeper of the Plains stands at the confluence of the Big and Little Arkansas rivers. This 44-foot, 5-ton weathered steel sculpture was donated to Wichita by Native American artist Blackbear Bosin in 1974. It sits atop a 30-foot pedestal overlooking the city.
The Ring of Fire occurs when the firepots are lit and will burn following the schedule above for 15 minutes every evening. All schedules are weather depending, including river levels. The Ring of Fire will not be turned on in high winds, rain or other inclement weather. If the river is too high, or if a person is too close, they will not be turned on. The ceremony is sacred to the Native people of Wichita and represents the relationship of earth, water, air and fire.
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The Keeper of the Plains, the top attraction in Wichita
The Keeper of the Plains is the icon of Wichita. Commissioned to be built as a beautification project in the 1960's, construction was completed in 1974. The Keeper of the Plains faces the rising sun, which is of importance to the Native American culture. There are several subtle features around the Keeper of the Plains; the bridges that connect visitors to the the sculpture were made to look like a bow and arrow; its location is at the confluence of the Little Arkansas River and Arkansas River where legend has it, this was a popular hunting area.
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High Plains Museum
The High Plains Museum, just off Interstate 70, in Goodland, Kansas opened in 1960 and features a collection of over 8,000 objects representative of Goodland and Sherman County history.
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The Garden of Eden - Lucas, Kansas
My adventure to a place called Garden of Eden located in Lucas, Kansas. The Garden of Eden is a historic site and tourist attraction built by Samuel P. Dinsmoor.
Dinsmoor built and moved into a log cabin on a lot that he named the Garden of Eden. The cabin is a twelve-room house; the logs are made up of limestone quarried near Wilson Lake. Dinsmoor designed his landscape and spent the rest of his life creating the garden, which contains over 200 concrete sculptures. The sculptures and design of the house reflect Dinsmoor's belief in the Populist movement and his religious convictions.
The final resting place for Dinsmoor and his first wife, Frances A. Barlow Journey, is inside the mausoleum in one corner of the lot. As part of a tour, visitors are allowed to view Dinsmoor in his concrete coffin, which is sealed behind a glass wall. Inside the mausoleum is also a double-exposed photo of a live Dinsmoor viewing his deceased body inside the coffin.
The garden is open to the public and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Kansas National Guard crew members return to Kansas from fighting wild fire in Colorado
One Black Hawk helicopter and nine soldiers from the Kansas National Guard's 108th Aviation and Company G (-), 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), headquartered in Topeka, will fly home to Kansas on Saturday, June 23 from their mission of assisting firefighters in Colorado battle wildfires that have raged near Fort Collins since June 9.
Currently, the fire is more than 50 percent contained and Colorado emergency management officials have decided to start releasing assets called in from other states.
I say job well done to these soldiers, said Maj. Gen. (KS) Lee Tafanelli, the adjutant general. They did their job professionally, proudly and with the kind of enthusiasm that's the hallmark of being a Kansas National Guardsmen. I'm sure that if Colorado or any other state needs them, these soldiers would be glad to go again.
The Guardsmen used a 660-gallon Bambi bucket slung beneath their helicopter to drop water on the flames as directed by ground personnel.
Most of what we did was on the flanks of the fire, said Chief Warrant Officer 4 Steve Hood, safety officer, Army Air Support Facility #1, Topeka. We dropped water to keep the fires contained and prevent them from jumping across firebreaks.
We also did home protection, he continued, by wetting down areas around homes where firefighters had started backburns.
The success of the mission was definitely a cooperative effort between military and civilian organizations.
We often have opportunities to train with other Guard units, so working with the other states and coming together to help out seemed relatively second nature, said Capt. Jacqueline Miller, medevac platoon leader, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 135th General Aviation Regiment. The new experiences definitely come from working with the civilian entities. I felt that we worked together well and we received several compliments about how well our crew chiefs were able to line up the aircraft and drop the water right where they needed it.
Despite contending with weather that hindered flying at times, the Kansas soldiers were satisfied with their mission.
It makes you feel good to know you have helped with a major disaster and saved people's homes, said Sgt. Ryan Kohlman, standardization instructor, Company G, 2-135th Aviation.
It's a good feeling hearing the U.S. Forest Service say you did a bang-up job on that hilltop and that they would fly with us any day, said Sgt. Sheldon Snodgrass, flight instructor, Company G, 2-135th Aviation.
I know Colorado, before their fires started, were in Nebraska helping them, said Hood. We've come to Colorado. So that's what it's all about--the National Guard helping its communities. It's wonderful to come out here and be able to help and have the community tell us 'Thank you for being here and helping us out.'
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Around KS - Butterfield Trail Museum, Russell Springs - Feb. 24, 2016
(Frank) And we're back. Now, as you know I'm a native Kansan and I'm supposed to know a lot about Kansas. This young lady is not from Kansas but she knows about a place I've never been. And it's gonna be her next story. So, I'm gonna let her kinda of tell you about a place called Russell Springs. And for those of you watching in Russell Springs, I apologize. (Deb) Well, I don't know if they get our signal there. The reception is not too great in Russell Springs I don't think, so they won't be too offended. And that reminds me cause I do a lot of speaking all over the country, somebody said one time, I wish you would wear a sign when you leave the state that says, Kansans Don't Talk Like This. You're right, I'm not a native Kansan but I sure love it. And when I as out in the western part of the state I got to go to Russell Springs the other day. I had actually been before. It had been 15 or 20 years, but it's on the old Butterfield Stage Route. So there is the Butterfield Trail Museum there. And it’s, I love it. I just love it. Tiny, tiny, tiny little town, but people working so hard to keep their history alive and everybody volunteers and they just you know, it's just wonderful. I love it. And it's overlooking the Smoky Hill Valley there and it's just, I love it. So, you're going to love seeing it too. The museum won't open again til May. She actually, Debbie Mather came in and opened it for us just so we could get some pictures and stuff, but it will be open again, starting in May and will be open all summer. And so,and then there's a nice little hotel. So, I'm going to tell you all about it so you can all make plans to go to Russell Springs. (Frank) Yea, and the Butterfield Stage Line is an interesting story all of its own. (Deb) It's a great story. Stay with us. On a rise above the Smoky Hill River sets the Logan County Courthouse, the centerpiece of Russell Springs. It used to be bustling, when the business of government drew folks to the hamlet in droves. Russell Springs was the county seat for Logan County from its organization in 1887. Efforts to move the county seat to Oakley were defeated in 1937, 1945, and 1960, but, in 1963, Russell Springs lost the election, and the county offices were moved. It was thought that the building would be demolished, but a local historical association first met in the fall of 1964, and the former Logan County courthouse became the Butterfield Trail Historical Museum, opening on September 5, 1965. Some portions of the museum are just collections of stuff that belong to local residents, but I found two areas to be of special interest, the Messamore Fossil Collection and the courtroom. All of the fixtures were left when the court moved to Oakley and the court is a 45-year-old time capsule. The annual Butterfield Trail Ride to benefit the museum began in May 1967. Early each summer, there is a two-day event starting with a ride or walk of 10 to 12 mile section of the Trail, ending with a stay in Russell Springs for the night. We were about to go into Debbie Mather’s quilt shop when we ran into Mel and Kathy Herschberger. They own the Logan House, the original hotel built there in 1887. We had driven by on our way into town and I was thrilled to have the chance to see it. I asked if it was a B&B and Mel laughed and replied, It's a bed and bring your own breakfast! There are nine guest rooms in the original part of the hotel and the addition has a kitchen, dining and family room. Kathy said friends have called it her doll house. Most of their clients are hunters or family reunions, but they do get the average traveler tired of chains and wanting to experience a different time and place. Debbie then took us through the Butterfield Trail Museum. It's closed for the season, but will reopen for May. She opened it especially for us so I could take pictures to share with you today. The old courthouse, complete with jail next door, makes a wonderful museum and I vowed to come back and spend time in the library. One of the most interesting artifacts was a set of plywood wings that one enterprising gentleman from Winona built in the 1930s. The folks in Russell Springs are working so hard to keep their rich and unique story alive. It is well worth the drive.
13th July 2015 Museum of World Treasures Wichita Kansas
We heard that the Museum of World Treasures in Wichita has one of the best examples of a T-Rex Skeleton so just had to have a look.
Wow, they must have been a formidable predator, well worth having a look if you pass through this way. Also impressive was the Triceratops and Pterodactyl and heaps of other stuff, we could have spent all day there.
Around Kansas - African American Museum and History Trail in Kansas- May 17, 2017
(Frank) Here we're again. This is Around Kansas. (Deb) In case you just tuned in. (Frank) Yes. At first we do a lot of nonsense. But then we really get into some pretty cool stories. (Deb) Yes. Kicking and screaming we’re dragged in to some pretty good stories to get away from all the nonsense. This is a really great one, African American History Trail in Kansas. And, of course, being a historian this is one that’s very close to my heart. Because, Kansas was founded in the very heart of the matter whether or not we’re going to be a free state or a slave state.; at the time when whether or not slavery would be expanded into the western part of the country. Of course, that ripped the nation in two. Kansas is right at the heart of that. But, it’s not just at the heart of the controversy. It’s at the heart of black people finding a home in the midst of that and then after the war. And so the Exodusters - it’s a very famous story and all of freed slaves coming out of the south; the First Kansas Colored, the Buffalo Soldiers, we’ve got all that early history. But then it goes on and on and on. This is about bringing together of all those eras and all those different stories. Yes, I love the story. The Kansas African American Museum, formerly the venerable Calvary Baptist Church, was once the cornerstone of Wichita’s vibrant black community. It was built in 1917 when the congregation’s leaders worked nights and weekends, separate and apart from their jobs, to finish the church. That community featured restaurants, businesses and homes. It hosted jazz artists, Negro League Baseball stars, and was the home of America’s first African American Academy Award winner and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s lawyer among others. Its newest project is the African American Kansas History Trail. As recipients of the Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant, the museum will collaborate with partner sites to distinguish and tell the story of the African American contributions to Kansas at its various historical sites, chronicling the people, places, and events that created this rich history. The sites and the stories they tell are varied in location, era of time and cultural influences. It truly encompasses the entire state. The sites include Nicodemus, African American Township; The Buffalo Soldiers who were stationed at Ft. Leavenworth, Ft. Riley and active in Ft. Scott and Baxter Springs; The Richard Allen Museum and Cultural Center, Leavenworth; brown vs. Board National Historic Site; home of Langston Hughes, Lawrence; home of Gordon Parks, Ft. Scott; several sites on the Underground Railroad including the John and Mary Jane Ritchie House in Topeka; the John Brown Memorial Park in Osawatomie; the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum; George Washington Carver exhibits in Minneapolis and many others. It is the intent of the partnership to form an alliance to support and sustain the sites along the Trail, to elevate public awareness, to develop educational programs and to celebrate and share this history throughout the nation. Visit the Museum’s website for more information on this exciting partnership.