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HISTORICAL PLACES OF KANSAS STATE,U S A
1. AMELIA EARHART BY STAN HERD,ATCHISON 39°32'15.47N 95° 8'42.48W
2. RIVERWALK CHURCH,WICHITA 37°41'18.61N 97°20'33.87W
3. MONUMENT ROCKS,GRINNELL 38°47'39.83N 100°45'48.34W
4. JOHN BROWN STATUE,KANSAS CITY 39° 8'56.62N 94°39'33.39W
5. HISTORIC WICHITA LIMESTONE BUILDING,WICHITA 37°41'4.69N 97°20'16.24W
6. KANSAS STATE CAPITOL,TOPEKA 39° 2'53.30N 95°40'41.69W
7. OLD FORT,HAYS 38°51'43.79N 99°20'36.40W
8. FIRST HMONG CMA CHURCH,KANSAS CITY 39° 7'8.07N 94°37'37.62W
9. OLD COWTOWN MUSEUM,WICHITA 37°41'41.72N 97°21'43.76W
10. GRACE CATHEDRAL,TOPEKA 39° 3'2.84N 95°41'2.10W
11. BIG WELL MUSEUM,GREENSBURG 37°36'13.17N 99°17'39.87W
12. ST.ANTHONY CHURCH,KANSAS CITY 39° 6'44.91N 94°37'34.44W
13. ST.MARY'S CATHEDRAL,WICHITA 37°41'34.95N 97°20'7.33W
14. SMALL CHURCH,KAKSAS CITY 39° 7'0.38N 94°37'35.63W
15. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,WICHITA 37°41'40.53N 97°20'10.19W
16. ST.PETER'S CATHEDRAL,KANSAS CITY 39° 6'36.96N 94°38'42.86W
17. GIANT AD GOLDEN PALACE.COM,DIGHTON 38°28'37.03N 100°20'51.52W
18. SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO,WICHITA 37°43'4.15N 97°24'45.79W
19. MANHATTAN 39°11'33.13N 96°33'46.07W
20. FORT SCOTT 37°50'37.20N 94°42'16.01W
21. WORLD'S LARGEST BALL OF TWINE,CAWKER CITY 39°30'33.77N 98°26'1.75W
22. CASTLE ROCK,QUINTER 38°51'40.36N 100°10'11.79W
23. GIANT EASEL,GOODLAND 39°20'16.93N 101°42'17.46W
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The Kansas Historical Society is the official state historical society of Kansas.Headquartered in Topeka, it operates as the trustee of the state for the purpose of maintaining the state's history and operates the Kansas Museum of History, Kansas State Archives and Library, Kansas State Capitol Tour Center, and 16 state-owned sites.It also serves as the State Historic Preservation Office, and works closely with the Kansas State Department of Education to provide standards-based programs for history and social studies curriculum in the schools.
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Haunted Kansas
My final Student Film documenting two haunted cases in and around Salina, Kansas
Around Kansas - Lane University Christmas Exhibit - Nov. 11, 2015
(Frank) Back again. (Deb) Back again. And we want to take you over to Lecompton, of course, one of my favorite places. The territorial capital and as you were saying November, such great month to get out and see stuff, because the weather's not too bad yet. And it's a little on the cool side. So, it's a great time to go out to Lecompton. They've got the two museums out there and this segment is going to be about one of 'em. But what were you about to say Frank? (Frank) Well, I mean yea, Lecompton itself, because there's a recreational part of the river there. There are a lot of people that go there and canoe and kayak and all that. And of course, it's the place where there are a bunch of bald eagles that roost there along the bank. So, it's a beautiful place to go see and also learn some history about the state of Kansas. (Deb) Learn some history and you've got the State Historic Site there, Constitution Hall, that's going to be celebrating a major anniversary in 2016. And you've got of course, Lane University where Eisenhower's parents met. And Lane University's got a fantastic exhibit going on and that's what this next segment is about. You are going to love this. So, you've got to put this one down on your calendar to take advantage of. Get over to Lecompton. They've got a nice little cafe that's open there on Main Street now, which is
wonderful. And then over in Perry, just across the river, you've got a little pizza place and there's places over there. So, you can find a place to get out, walk around, enjoy the history, and enjoy nature. You gotta go see it. An enthusiastic crowd assembled at the Riverfront Park in Atchison. It's already looking a lot like Christmas at Lane University in Lecompton. Volunteers have spent hundreds of hours decorating 40 trees with thousands of ornaments, many of them historic, many of them donated by the local families. Paul Bahnmaier, president of the Lecompton Historical Society, showed me through the boxes and cartons of decorations that gave the appearance of Santa's workshop rather than a history museum. As Paul pointed out, though, there is history in the ornaments and trees, too. He opened the glass case in which the fragile feather tree is displayed. Like many Christmas traditions, including the Christmas tree itself, the feather tree has its origins in Germany. There were made in the 1880s and 1890s from a center dowel with dyed green goose feathers forming the branches. Many of the fragile glass ornaments are light as a feather and come from Germany as well. Other ornaments are Scandinavian or Czech. The variety of Christmas trees ranges from tiny tabletop vintage trees, including brush trees from the 1940s, a small, pink Barbie tree, and the 15-foot cedar that is the focal point of the chapel upstairs. Volunteers estimate there are at least 5 thousand ornaments used to decorate the trees but add that the number increases because donations continue to come to the museum. This exhibit was very successful last year and the Lecompton Historical Society anticipates large crowds for this one. Group tours are welcome. The exhibit opened November 1 and will be open through New Year's Day. Lane University was originally intended to be the state capitol and when that honor went to Topeka instead, the building was finished and turned into a university. Kansas senator Jim Lane pledged funds for the school and it was named in his honor. It is now the home and museum of the Lecompton Historical Society.
Ellis County Historical Society PokeWalk
The Ellis County Historical Society combined old and new with a historical walking tour of PokeStops in downtown Hays.
You Asked About Topeka. Part 1
This film promotes Topeka, Kansas, as a prosperous government, business, and cultural center, and encourages viewers to move to Topeka. The film highlights many aspects of the community including government and public services, business and industry, agriculture, education, hospitals, churches and entertainment. It showcases the Westboro neighborhood; Kansas Avenue; Gage Park; the State Capitol and the legislature; Cyrus Holiday and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad; Goodyear Tire Co.; Dupont; Forbes Air Force base; Lake Shawnee; Washburn University; the Topeka Public Library; the Kansas History Museum; Topeka and Topeka West high schools; the Veterans Hospital; Karl Menninger and the Menninger Foundation; and the State Hospital among other aspects of the city.
Kansas
Kansas /ˈkænzəs/ KAN-zəs is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansa Native American tribe which inhabited the area. The tribe's name (natively kką:ze) is often said to mean people of the wind or people of the south wind, although this was probably not the term's original meaning. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the Eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the Western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison. Kansas was first settled by European Americans in the 1830s, but the pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery issue.
When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. government in 1854, abolitionist Free-Staters from New England and pro-slavery settlers from neighboring Missouri rushed to the territory to determine whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state. Thus, the area was a hotbed of violence and chaos in its early days as these forces collided, and was known as Bleeding Kansas. The abolitionists eventually prevailed and on January 29, 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a free state. After the Civil War, the population of Kansas grew rapidly when waves of immigrants turned the prairie into farmland. Today, Kansas is one of the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, sorghum, and sunflowers. Kansas is the 15th most extensive and the 34th most populous of the 50 United States.
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2014 Road Trip - Day 1, part 1 - KC to near Ellis, KS
The original video is 3 hours long and I'm not sure anybody is interested in a 3 hour drive across Kansas on I-70. The 1st 5 minutes is me driving around up near Barry Rd (near the airport) on my way out of town. Shortly after I get on MO-152 I speed up the video so the remainder of the 3 hours completes in about 47 minutes. I put gloves on because it was so hot, my hands were sweating like crazy, and I didn't feel like constantly wiping the sweat off them. I think I started the morning off around 87F and at some point it reached 105F between Topeka and Hays. At some point I'm pointing out across the windshield - it was a very large bird. At 44 minutes in I reach the windmill farms in western Kansas - each time I head out that way they've added more and more of them.
I want to thank Baron Mini in Kansas City for squeezing me in when they did even though they were very busy. They were able to get my overheating issues fixed (the engine fan was the main culprit). I didn't have to worry during some of the hottest parts of MTTS.
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The Haunted Jefferson County Historical Society Museum
Huanting story of the Jefferson County Historical Society Museum in Watertown,NY
A Provocative Reassessment of President Truman’s Profound Influence (2002)
Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri, the oldest child of John Anderson Truman (1851–1914) and Martha Ellen Young Truman (1852–1947). His parents chose the name Harry after his mother's brother, Harrison Harry Young (1846–1916). While the S did not stand for any one name, it was chosen as his middle initial to honor both of his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. The initial has been regularly written and printed followed by a period. A brother, John Vivian (1886–1965), was born soon after Harry, followed by sister Mary Jane (1889–1978).
John Truman was a farmer and livestock dealer. The family lived in Lamar until Harry was ten months old, when they moved to a farm near Harrisonville, Missouri. The family next moved to Belton, and in 1887 to his grandparents' 600-acre (240-ha) farm in Grandview.[10] When Truman was six, his parents moved to Independence, so he could attend the Presbyterian Church Sunday School. Truman did not attend a traditional school until he was eight.[11] While living in Independence, he served as a Shabbos goy for Jewish neighbors, doing tasks for them on Shabbat that their tradition prevented them doing on that day.[12][13][14]
As a boy, Truman was interested in music, reading, war, and history, all encouraged by his mother, with whom he was very close. As president, he solicited political as well as personal advice from her.[15] He got up at five every morning to practice the piano, which he studied twice a week until he was fifteen.[16] Truman worked as a page at the 1900 Democratic National Convention at Convention Hall in Kansas City;[17] his father had many friends who were active in the Democratic Party and helped young Harry to gain his first political position.[18]
After graduating from Independence High School (now William Chrisman High School) in 1901, Truman enrolled in Spalding's Commercial College, a Kansas City business school; he studied bookkeeping, shorthand, and typing, but left after a year.[19] He made use of his business college experience to obtain a job as a timekeeper on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, sleeping in hobo camps near the rail lines.[20] He then took on a series of clerical jobs, and was employed briefly in the mail room of the Kansas City Star. Truman and his brother Vivian later worked as clerks at the National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City; one of their coworkers, who also lived at the same rooming house, was Arthur Eisenhower, the brother of Dwight and Milton.[21] He returned to the Grandview farm in 1906, where he lived until entering the army in 1917 after the beginning of the Great War.[22] During this period, he courted Bess Wallace; he proposed in 1911, but she turned him down. Truman later said that he intended to propose again, but when he did he wanted to be earning more money than a farmer did.[23] To that end, during his years on the farm and immediately after World War I, he became active in several business ventures, including a lead and zinc mine near Commerce, Oklahoma,[24] a company that bought land and leased the oil drilling rights to prospectors,[25] and speculating in Kansas City real estate.[26] Truman occasionally derived some income from these enterprises, but none proved successful in the long term.[27]
Truman is the most recent president who did not earn a college degree.[28] In addition to having briefly attended business college, from 1923 to 1925 he took night courses toward an LL.B. at the Kansas City Law School (now the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law), but dropped out after losing reelection as county judge.[29] He was informed by attorneys in the Kansas City area that his education and experience were probably sufficient to receive a license to practice law, but didn't pursue it because he won election as presiding judge.[30] While serving as president in 1947, Truman applied for a license to practice law.[31] A friend who was an attorney began working out the arrangements, and informed Truman that his application had to be notarized. By the time Truman received this information he had changed his mind, so he never followed up. After rediscovery of Truman's application, in 1996 the Missouri Supreme Court issued Truman a posthumous honorary law license.
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Kansas Museum of Military History Open House
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Old Depot Museum and caboose, Ottawa, KS in 4K
The Old Depot Museum is located at 135 W. Tecumseh, Ottawa KS 66067. From I-35, take exit #187 onto K-68 highway and go three miles to the intersection with US-59 or Main Street in Ottawa. Turn left onto Main Street and immediately turn right onto Tecumseh. The Depot Museum is just ahead on the right side of the street. The entrance and parking lot are to the west of the museum.
The museum was a gift of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to the Franklin County Historical Society in 1962. It was opened to the public on July 4, 1963. The Society received a federal ISTEA grant in 1996 to completely rehabilitate the structure, reroofing it and adding an elevator and heating and cooling. The reopening of the facility was on July 4, 1999.
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Kansas Museum History in Topeka KS [Explore Kansas]
Kansas Museum History in Topeka KS is the state history museum that presents Kansas history. The histroy that visitors can study in Kansas Museum History is from the prehistoric to modern eras. Taking place in 2800 m2 (30,000 square feet) of exhibits. More details about what visitors could found here, just watch this videos.
Explore Kansas - Kansas Museum History in Topeka KS.
Around Kansas - Lincoln's Visit to KS Territory in 1859 - January 27, 2016
(Deb) So Frank you don't really remember when Lincoln visited Kansas, right? (Frank) No, it was, it was....yea. (Deb) I don't either. Michael's sitting over there, I know he thinks we both do, yea... (Frank) Well you know the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe. You know the railroads opened up the west in America and Lincoln did travel here. (Deb) He did. He came. Took the railroad as far as St. Joe and then the railroad had not yet reached Kansas. Didn't until after the war. But of course, the railroad was big business. And Lincoln was a railroad lawyer. We don't think of him, you know you and I were talking earlier about his being folksy and the storyteller. He was also a corporate lawyer. And we don't think of him quite that way. But he was. And so part of his visit to Kansas obviously involved the expansion of the railroad. That was everything. Nineteenth century, everything is about expanding the railroad and crossing the country. And he was smack dab in the middle of that too. (Frank) Yea. Well, and he did say and you'll see that in this story, if I moved west, I'd move to Kansas. (Deb) He obviously was impressed with it when he was here. (Frank) Yes, he was. (Deb) He really was. I think that's nice for us to remember. It's a nice legacy for Kansas, that he was actually here and made some important speeches here. And had such a fondness for the state and fondness for the troops from Kansas. And yea, so that's a pretty good endorsement. (Frank) Yea, so let's take a look. It was not big news when the folksy attorney Abraham Lincoln visited the Kansas Territory in 1859. There were no trains in KT and Lincoln crossed the Missouri River at St. Joseph by ferry and arrived in Elwood on November 30. The thriving community was home to the Great Western Hotel where Lincoln spoke that evening. His topic was not new. The Lincoln and Douglas Debates just months before had made national headlines, and the press exposure was helpful to Lincoln. At that time, he was not nearly as well known as his
famously short rival, Senator Stephen Douglas. The pair had taken different sides on the slavery issue and Lincoln continued his condemnation of the evil institution while visiting the Kansas Territory. Lincoln would speak in Doniphan, Atchison, Leavenworth, and Troy. Ironically, his stage in Leavenworth at Stockton Hall would be visited only a couple of years later by famed Shakespearean actor, John Wilkes Booth. It was bitterly cold during Lincoln's visit. Mary did not accompany him. While in Leavenworth, Lincoln stayed with cousins, the Delahays. Artifacts from that visit are on display at the Frontier Army Museum at Fort Leavenworth. Cousin Julia Delahay would go on to marry Thomas Osborn. Perhaps it was this family connection that helped Osborn obtain a presidential appointment. In 1863, Cousin Lincoln would appoint Osborn to be U.S. Marshal in Topeka. Years later, Osborn was elected governor, making Lincoln's cousin, Julia, first lady of Kansas. December 2, 1859, John Brown, Old Osawatomie, was hanged in Virginia following the raid on Harper's Ferry. News of the execution reached Lincoln and he commented to the press that Brown had shown great courage, rare unselfishness,” but did not sanction his actions. “Old John Brown has just been executed for treason against the state. We cannot object,” Lincoln said, “even though he agreed with us in thinking slavery wrong. That cannot excuse violence, bloodshed, and treason. It could avail him nothing that he might think himself right.” The story of Kansas and Lincoln is so entwined. It was February 22, 1861, as President-elect that Lincoln was on his way to Washington. He stopped in Philadelphia and raised the first flag with the 34th star for Kansas in front of Independence Hall. As the flag was hoisted, it unfurled in the wind, a beautiful site. Lincoln hoped it was a good omen -- for him, for Kansas, for the nation.
Historical Timeline
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth, President, Peter Holden. January 2, 2014.
Around Kansas - Cyrus K Holliday's Life as a Kansan - July 20, 2016
(Frank) And we’re back again, aren’t you glad? [laughter] (Deb) I know I am. (Frank) Well, we’re here. One of my favorite series running now is Hell on Wheels. (Deb) Oh gosh. (Frank) I’m sure that – I mean, there’s some history in it and all of that but I don’t know if you’re familiar with it but it’s— (Deb) A bit, it’s about, yes [chuckles]. (Frank) Yes, but it’s pretty much about the building of the Union Pacific and then the Southern Pacific and it’s getting close to the end of the series right now, which is really going to be sad because I love westerns. But anyway, the only reason I’m saying this now is because of course, Topeka Kansas is very famous for the Atchison Topeka and out there Santa Fe Railroad, which of course was built by Cyrus K. Holliday, one of the founders of Topeka, Kansas, USA. (Deb) One of my favorite people. He was mayor of Topeka five times, I think, and he is one of the people memorialized with a statue on Kansas Avenue and the downtown beautification, revitalization, just a shot in the arm. Kansas Avenue is incredible, so you’ve got to bring the kids to see the folks that are being honored. I know that Carl Ice, who is another native Kansan, another native Topekan was on hand. He is the chairman of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe, BNSF and he was on hand to dedicate the statue of Cyrus Holliday. Nobody loved Kansas more than Cyrus Holliday, seriously. Tacking Santa Fe onto the name of the railroad, it was so funny because he didn’t know if they’d ever get to Santa Fe but people wanted a railroad to Santa Fe. It had this mystique about it and by golly, they did. They got to Santa Fe and beyond. Let’s take a look at this famous Kansan. (Frank) Cyrus Kurtz Holliday was born in 1826, near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He attended Allegheny College and graduated in 1852, with plans to practice law. Instead, he went into business. After making a handsome profit on a short line railroad venture, Holliday joined the throng of westward migrants and was among Kansas Territory's first settlers. Holliday settled at Lawrence, but not long after his arrival, he thought he should establish another enclave of free state citizens farther up the Kansas River. Holliday organized the Topeka Town Association he and marked off the town's streets and boundaries. He would play a principle role in the founding of the Free State Party. During the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention of 1859, Holliday served as Topeka's delegate. He succeeded in having his city officially designated as the future state capital. He was elected to the first of many terms as Mayor of Topeka, and he would help found the Kansas Republican Party, serving in both the territorial and state legislatures. In 1859, Holliday began plans for the construction of a railroad to run from Atchison, along the Santa Fe Trail, his most notable business venture. The ground breaking for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe took place in 1868. Holliday served as the ATSF director until his death in 1900. Holliday received the honorary, though unofficial, title of Colonel, which he carried for the remainder of his life, while supervising a Free State regiment during the Wakarusa War of 1855. During the Civil War, Holliday served as the Adjutant General of Kansas, in which capacity recruited soldiers and insured that supplies were sent to the front. Through this downtown Topeka pocket park with his statue as the centerpiece, generations of Kansans will be able to meet the man whose vision has shaped not only Kansas but also the American southwest.