Talk About Topeka - E092 - Kansas Capitol Building - FULL EPISODE
Chris and the Talk About Topeka Team join Jim Rinner from JE Dunn Construction for a top to bottom tour of the Kansas State Capitol Building. And we literally mean top to bottom. Nosebleed section and all! My oh my it's beautifully beautiful!
Brown v Board on Education National Historic Site - Topeka KS [Explore Kansas]
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka KS was established on October 26, 1992. Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site was established by the United States Congress to commemorate the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision aimed at ending racial segregation in public schools.
Explore Kansas - Brown v Board on Education National Historic Site in Topeka KS.
Around Kansas - Luther Haden Dummy Taylor, Famous Pitcher from Oskaloosa - July 5, 2017
(Frank) We’re back again. This is Around Kansas. I’m Frank; she’s Deb. It’s Wednesday again, and we’re into July. We’re in the good old summer time: baseball, hot dogs, and all of that. The next story is going to be about another baseball player, very famous one from the state of Kansas. He was deaf. You know how the catcher will give the pitcher signs? Dummy Taylor, that’s who the story is about, is really the one that created that because he was a pitcher. They needed to communicate. So he developed signs that the various players use. They still use them today on the field. That’s how they talk to each other. This is really a cool story about Dummy Taylor. This is a story suggested to me by Ben Coates, a player for the Topeka Westerns vintage baseball team. Luther Haden Dummy Taylor was a deaf-mute American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1900 to 1908. He played for the New York Giants and Cleveland Bronchos and was one of the key pitchers on the Giants' National League championship teams of 1904 and 1905. In 1901, his first full season in the major leagues, Taylor led the National League by pitching in 45 games and ranked second in the league with 37 complete games. In 1904, he won 21 games for the Giants, and in 1906 his 2.20 ERA was the lowest on a pitching staff that included Baseball Hall of Famers Christy Mathewson and Iron Man Joe McGinnity. Taylor was the only successful deaf pitcher in Major League Baseball and was regarded, along with Dummy Hoy, as a role model and hero in the American deaf community in the early 20th century. In the 1900s, Taylor was reported to be the highest paid deaf person in the United States. He was also known as the comedian of the Giants teams, waving a lit lantern when an umpire refused to call a game due to darkness and coaching at third base in rubber boots when an umpire refused to call a game due to rain. In 2000, author Darryl Brock wrote the historical novel Havana Heat about Taylor's experience in professional baseball. The book won the Dave Moore Award in 2000 as the most important baseball book published that year. Taylor was born in Oskaloosa, Kansas in 1875. He was the son of Arnold B. Taylor, a farmer, and his wife, Emaline. At the time of the 1880 United States Census, Taylor was living in rural Jefferson County with his parents, two older brothers, and two older sisters. Some accounts indicate Taylor was born deaf. However, at age four, Taylor was not listed as being deaf and dumb or otherwise handicapped in the family's U.S. Census record. By age 10, Taylor was living at the Kansas School For the Deaf in Olathe. He was listed in the 1885 Kansas State Census as a pupil at the Deaf and Dumb Institute. Taylor continued to live at the Kansas School for the Deaf through his high school years. He was a pitcher for the school baseball team and participated in boxing. Interviewed in 1942, Taylor recalled he had dreams as a boy of becoming a great boxer, but his parents objected. At the time of the 1895 Kansas State Census, Taylor was living in Olathe. After leaving the Kansas School for the Deaf, Taylor began playing semi-pro baseball with a team in Nevada, Missouri. He then played at Lincoln, Illinois, and with minor league teams in Wabash, Crawfordsville, Danville and Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1897, he played for a minor league team in Mattoon, Illinois. He played for the Shreveport Tigers of the Southern League in 1898 and 1899. In 1900, Taylor began the season playing for Albany, New York. At the time of the U.S. Census in June 1900, Taylor was residing at a boarding house in Albany; his occupation was listed as a printer. In August 1900, Taylor was called up to the major leagues to play for the New York Giants. He made his major league debut on August 27, 1900. In his first game for the Giants, five Boston players tried to take advantage of Taylor's deafness by trying to steal third base. Interviewed in 1942, Taylor recalled with pride, I nailed each one. I walked over to Herman Long, the last man caught, and let him know by signs I could hear him stealing. Appearing in 11 games for the 1900 Giants, Taylor compiled a 4–3 record with a 2.45 ERA. In his second season in the major leagues, Taylor was a workhorse for the 1901 Giants. He led the National League with 43 games started and appearing in a total of 45 games. In nine seasons in the major leagues, Taylor compiled an overall win-loss record of 116–106 and 767 strikeouts. He threw 237 complete games and 21 shutouts. He had a career ERA of 2.75. Taylor was profoundly deaf and communicated on-field with his teammates in sign language. He is credited with helping to expand and make universal the use of sign language throughout the modern baseball infield, including but not limited to the use of pitching signs. Taylor was inducted into the American Athletic Association of the Deaf Hall of Fame in 1953. He was also inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
George Rogers Clark National Historic Park, Vincennes, Indiana
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Lincoln Boyhood Home Indiana
Lincoln Boyhood Home Indiana
Nez Perce National Historical Park
A short clip highlighting the artifacts and displays at the Nez Perce National Historical Park in Lapwai, Idaho. The entire Clearwater River Valley and adjacent Weippe Prairie are brimming with history and are well worth a look.
Lewiston Idaho was actually the first Capital of Idaho and Pierce Idaho was the first actual city in the state. There is a rich history in this area especially in regards to the Nez Perce or Nimipuu Indians. They were incredibly advanced horse breeders for the relatively short time they had utilized horses. The Appaloosa breed is a product of their efforts. They also were the Tribe that fought the US Army in the last great battles of the Indian Wars. Although they ultimately lost the war, they won many decisive battles against the US Calvary. Their superior horsemanship and horses bred specifically for the demands of the region proved invaluable.
This museum and collection of artifacts display their amazing culture and legacy to the region. There are a number of sites belonging to what is known as Nez Perce Historical Trail with sites in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. These sites are associated with the Nez Perce's last great battle. I will include links below for more information on this Tribe and this region's rich and diverse history.
Fort Larned - Kansas
Fort Larned is the most complete and best preserved military post of the Indian Wars era on the Santa Fe Trail. The Fort consists of nine authentically restored and refurnished buildings including the barracks, commissary, officers quarters, blacksmith shop, quartermasters storehouse, and more.
For More information you can visit Fort Larned's official website
August 12, 2018
About six miles west of Larned, Kansas the Fort Larned National Historic Site preserves the 1859 military post of Fort Larned. On October 22, 1859 Captain George H. Stewart, commanding Company K of the First United States Cavalry, was sent out with his company to establish a mail escort station on the line of the Santa Fe Trail. On October 22nd he selected a site on the south bank of Pawnee Fork, eight miles from the mouth of the river and established a camp, which was first called the “Camp on Pawnee Fork.” The original structure was built of sod in the heart of Indian hunting grounds.
Today, the National Historic Site displays nine restored buildings, including officers’ quarters, barracks, a blacksmith shop, commissary and more and is one of the best examples of Indian Wars period forts. Many of the buildings include include period furnishings and the Visitor Center includes a museum, introductory slide show, library, rest rooms and a gift shop. A nature trail still provides views of wagon ruts left in the ground from the many pioneers who traveled the Santa Fe Trail.
Fort Larned Parade Ground
Throughout the summer months, various programs are available where historians in period clothing staff the buildings and provide demonstrations.
Fort Larned is located six miles west of Larned, Kansas on Highway 156.
Contact Information:
Fort Larned National Historic Site
1767 Kansas Highway 156
Larned, Kansas 67550-9321
620-285-6911 (Info from Legends of America Website)
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Visiting Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Come along with my family and I to INDIANA as we visit the farm where Abraham Lincoln grew up!! We visit the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, see the site of the original Lincoln cabin, and much, much more. Of course, I make sure to get my NPS Passport, stamped, too! ;)
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Arizona Capitol Building
Arizona copper dome Capitol building filmed at night on my Phantom 3 Pro.
Chickamauga National Military Park
The Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19--20, 1863, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign. The battle was the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and involved the second highest number of casualties in the war following the Battle of Gettysburg. It was the first major battle of the war that was fought in Georgia.
Touring Fairsted, Frederick Law Olmsted's Home
Bob visits Fairsted, home of Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect responsible for most of this country's great public parks, pointing out its color scheme, similar to that of his own house.
Disability History Video Exhibit Timeline
The Disability History Exhibit was created by Advocating Change Together as a museum quality display. Twenty three beautifully crafted panels bring viewers through an illustrated timeline showing society’s attitudes and how they affect the lives of people with disabilities. Video versions of each panel were created by Portland Community College Disability Services in partnership with our Multimedia Program. The videos feature the voices of our students and are all captioned. Note that an accessible html version of the exhibit is also available online.
Disability History Exhibit Video Series Credits
Executive Producer
Kaela Parks
Producer
Seth Bloombaum
Video Animation & Editing
Shelly Strunk
Closed Captioning Coordination
Donna Wolf
Administration
Cathy Murphy
Narrators
Kelly Clifton
Laura DiMare Alpizar
Gretchen Fargher
Will Maybury
Ramon McPherson
Seth Bloombaum
Special thanks to
Don Thompson, Studio Engineering Support
Mary Kadderly, performance of “Cripple Lullaby”
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Portland Community College’s
Professional Music Program &
Multimedia Program
Science Bulletins: 17-Year Cicadas Emerge in Eastern U.S.
During August evenings you may hear the familiar buzz of the summer's crop of cicadas. But the early summer months of 2013 welcome less common visitors to the eastern and mid-Atlantic United States—17-year Brood II cicadas. These periodical cousins of annual cicadas emerge after living underground for nearly two decades, an unusual but effective survival strategy.
Science Bulletins is a production of the National Center for Science Literacy, Education, and Technology (NCSLET), part of the Department of Education at the American Museum of Natural History.
Related Links
Magicicada Mapping Project
Cicada Mania
Cicada Central
RadioLab: Cicada Tracker
NCDC's Data Help Track the Emergence of Periodical Cicadas
Animal Diversity Web: Magicada septendecim
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences: Periodical Cicada
Indiana University: Periodical Cicada Project
Regularities and irregularities in periodical cicada evolution
Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis
Completed in1888 using Indiana limestone, striking Indiana State Capitol Building is located in Indianapolis.
Kentucky State Capitol Rotunda
Rotunda Within a Rotunda
10 Best Places to Visit in Kansas
Kansas is a Midwestern state that epitomizes the U.S. heartland with its Great Plains setting of rolling wheat fields. The Museum of World Treasures in Wichita, the state's largest city, covers world history from dinosaurs to Elvis, while the open-air Old Cowtown Museum traces the city's pioneer past. In nearby Hutchinson, the Cosmosphere displays the Russian Vostok and Apollo 13 spacecrafts.
Capital: Topeka
Abbreviation: KS
Lieutenant Governor: Jeff Colyer (R
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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Ellis Railraod Museum lighted sight 1 by Ammodramus ( is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (
Ellis Railroad Museum from NW 1 by Ammodramus ( is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (
Glick-Orr house from E 1 long by Ammodramus ( is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (
Glick-Orr hosue from SSE 1 by Ammodramus ( is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (
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Hollenberg Pony Express Station, Route 243, 6.9 miles south of Nebraska border, Hanover vicinity (Washington County, Kansas) by Historic American Buildings Survey is in the public domain
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Topeka High School 2 by Blu3ninja ( is in the public domain
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Kansas state university Holton Hall by Paperraven is in the public domain
Kansas State Capitol by Aviper2k7 is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art by Brent Danley ( is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 (
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Indianapolis, IN - State Capitol
A quick look at the State Capitol building in Indianapolis, IN
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Thomas Stone State Historic Site in Charles County, MD
Thomas Stone signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a delegate for Maryland. His Charles County plantation home has been open to the public as a National Historic Site since 1997