Ellis County Historical Society PokeWalk
The Ellis County Historical Society combined old and new with a historical walking tour of PokeStops in downtown Hays.
Fort Hays Introduction Video
This 7:14 minute video provides a brief history of Fort Hays State Historic Site in Hays, Kansas.
Traveling Kansas 501: Hays
Traveling Kansas is a local production from Smoky Hills Public Television that highlights communities, people and attractions across the state.
This episode of Traveling Kansas explores many of the attractions popular for tourists and residents including the Sternberg Museum, the Ellis County Historical Society Museum and Historic Fort Hays. The program also features the Downtown Hays Development Corporation, the Hays Arts Council, Fort Hays State University and RANS.
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ECTV Forum: Marjean Deines; Assoc. Dir. of the Trego Co. Historical Society
John Stang - Volga-German History in Kansas
Living in the Shadow of History: The story of Catharine, Kansas and its legacy as a Volga-German settlement, 1876-2012. John Stang, Roanoke College, Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Selby.
ECTV Forum: Phillip Smith-Hanes; New Ellis County Administrator
Holiday Inn Express Hotel Hays - Hays, Kansas
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Guests Appreciate Hays Hotel's Convenient Location
Ideally situated less than one mile from I-70, the Holiday Inn Express® Hays, Kansas hotel means you're just minutes from the area's top shopping, restaurants and entertainment. Centrally located in the Kansas Wheat Belt, with Denver to the west and Kansas City to the east, this charming, unassuming town has a lot to offer the hotel's guests.
While in Hays, Kansas, be sure to stop by Fort Hays State University, where you can cheer the Tigers to victory, or visit the Sternberg Museum of Natural History. You'll find outdoor adventure at Hays Aquatic Park or Frontier Park, and history buffs are sure to enjoy visiting Ellis County Historical Society Museum or Walter P. Chrysler's childhood home.
If you're here on business in Hays, the hotel's professional amenities are designed to accommodate your needs. Enjoy free high-speed, wireless Internet access throughout the property as well as the 24-hour Business Center. You can even host gatherings with your clients and colleagues in a well-equipped meeting room. Additionally, Eagle Communication, Next-Tech, Adronics Elrob, High Plains Mental Health, Link, Midwest Energy, Sunflower Electric and Wheelchairs of Kansas are all located nearby.
You can Stay Smart in Hays, Kansas. The hotel features a sparkling indoor pool and an on-site Fitness Center. Plus, enjoy the free, hot Express Start Breakfast Bar daily. Call to reserve a room today!
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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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ECTV Forum: Sherry Dryden; Exec. Dir. of the Ellis County United Way
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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WELT-Tarifforum 2014
Veranstaltung am 20. Februar 2014 anlässlich des 50. Geburtstages von Gesamtmetall-Präsident Dr. Rainer Dulger zum Thema Zwischen Verfassungsauftrag, Sonntagsrede und Meinungsmache -- die Tarifautonomie im Spannungsfeld von Politik und Medien
ECTV Forum: Michael Hook; Dir. of the Dickinson Co. Heritage Center
Folklore of the United States | Wikipedia audio article
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Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, stories, tall tales, and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called folkloristics. In usage, there is a continuum between folklore and mythology.
American folklore encompasses the folk traditions that have evolved on the North American continent since Europeans arrived in the 16th century. While it contains much in the way of Native American tradition, it should not be confused with the tribal beliefs of any community of native people.
Kansas | Wikipedia audio article
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Kansas (listen) is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas 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 (south) wind although this was probably not the term's original meaning. 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 1812, in what is now Bonner Springs, but the pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery debate. When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. government in 1854 with the Kansas–Nebraska Act, 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 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.
By 2015, Kansas was one of the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans. Kansas, which has an area of 82,278 square miles (213,100 square kilometers) is the 15th-largest state by area and is the 34th most-populous of the 50 states with a population of 2,911,641. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans. Mount Sunflower is Kansas's highest point at 4,041 feet (1,232 meters).
Community Connection: Phil Stahlman - Part 2
In part two of this interview, Mike Cooper finds out more about research Phil Stahlman has done at the Kansas State Research Center over the past 42 years and his involvement in a listening tour in Colorado.
ECTV Forum: Leonard Schoenberger; Founder of Ellis Food Boxes & Pantry
Kansas | Wikipedia audio article
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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Kansas (listen) is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas 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 (south) wind although this was probably not the term's original meaning. 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 1812, in what is now Bonner Springs, but the pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery debate. When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. government in 1854 with the Kansas–Nebraska Act, 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 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.
By 2015, Kansas was one of the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans. Kansas, which has an area of 82,278 square miles (213,100 square kilometers) is the 15th-largest state by area and is the 34th most-populous of the 50 states with a population of 2,911,641. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans. Mount Sunflower is Kansas's highest point at 4,041 feet (1,232 meters).
History of the United States (1865–1918) | Wikipedia audio article
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The history of the United States from 1865 until 1918 covers the Reconstruction Era, the Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era, and includes the rise of industrialization and the resulting surge of immigration in the United States. This article focuses on political, economic, and diplomatic history.
This period of rapid economic growth and soaring prosperity in the North and the West (but not in the South) saw the U.S. become the world's dominant economic, industrial, and agricultural power. The average annual income (after inflation) of non-farm workers grew by 75% from 1865 to 1900, and then grew another 33% by 1918.With a decisive victory in 1865 over Southern secessionists in the Civil War, the United States became a united and powerful nation with a strong national government. Reconstruction brought the end of legalized slavery plus citizenship for the former slaves, but their new-found political power was rolled back within a decade, and they became second-class citizens under a Jim Crow system of deeply pervasive segregation that would stand for the next 80–90 years. Politically, during the Third Party System and Fourth Party System the nation was mostly dominated by Republicans (except for two Democratic presidents). After 1900 and the assassination of President William McKinley, the Progressive Era brought political, business, and social reforms (e.g., new roles for and government expansion of education, higher status for women, a curtailment of corporate excesses, and modernization of many areas of government and society). The Progressives worked through new middle-class organizations to fight against the corruption and behind-the-scenes power of entrenched, state political party organizations and big-city machines. They demanded—and won—women's right to vote, and the nationwide prohibition of alcohol 1920-1933.
In an unprecedented wave of European immigration, 27.5 million new arrivals between 1865 and 1918 provided the labor base necessary for the expansion of industry and agriculture, as well as the population base for most of fast-growing urban America.
By the late nineteenth century, the United States had become a leading global industrial power, building on new technologies (such as the telegraph and steel), an expanding railroad network, and abundant natural resources such as coal, timber, oil, and farmland, to usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.
There were also two very important wars. The U.S. easily defeated Spain in 1898, which unexpectedly brought a small empire. Cuba quickly was given independence, as well as the Philippines (in 1946). Puerto Rico (and some smaller islands) became permanent U.S. possessions, as did Alaska (added by purchase in 1867). The independent Republic of Hawaii voluntarily joined the U.S. as a territory in 1898.
The United States tried and failed to broker a peace settlement for World War I, then entered the war after Germany launched a submarine campaign against U.S. merchant ships that were supplying Germany's enemy countries. The publicly stated goals were to uphold American honor, crush German militarism, and reshape the postwar world. After a slow mobilization, the U.S. helped bring about a decisive Allied Forces victory by supplying badly needed financing, food, and millions of fresh and eager soldiers.
History of the Jews in the United States | Wikipedia audio article
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The history of the Jews in the United States has been part of the American national fabric since colonial times. Until the 1830s, the Jewish community of Charleston, South Carolina, was the largest in North America. In the late 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s, many Jewish immigrants left from various nations to enter the U.S. as part of the general rise of immigration movements. For example, many German Jews arrived in the middle of the 19th century, established clothing stores in towns across the country, formed Reform synagogues, and were active in banking in New York. Immigration of Eastern Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi Jews, in 1880–1914, brought a large, poor, traditional element to New York City. They were Orthodox or Conservative in religion. They founded the Zionist movement in the United States, and were active supporters of the Socialist party and labor unions. Economically, they concentrated in the garment industry.
Refugees arrived from diaspora communities in Europe after World War II and, after 1970, from the Soviet Union. Politically, American Jews have been especially active as part of the liberal New Deal coalition of the Democratic Party since the 1930s, although recently there is a conservative Republican element among the Orthodox. They have displayed high education levels, and high rates of upward social mobility. The Jewish communities in small towns have dwindled, as the population concentrated in large metropolitan areas.
In the 1940s, Jews comprised 3.7% of the national population. Today, at about 6.5 million, the population is 2% of the national total—and shrinking as a result of smaller family sizes and interfaith marriages resulting in nonobservance. The largest population centers are the metropolitan areas of New York (2.1 million in 2000), Los Angeles (668,000), Miami (331,000), Philadelphia (285,000), Chicago (265,000) and Boston (254,000).
The Old West - Wild Bill Hickok (Documentary) - tv shows full episodes
Wild Bill Hickok Documentary Biography TV series episode. This is episode 1 of The Old West, an original TV series produced by Westerns On The Web Productions and The Westerns Channel. The Old West is a new historical, documentary, biography, western television series about the real Wild West. This show features people, places and events in the history of the American West. Lawmen, Outlaws, Gunfighters and much more. The real life exploits of James Butler Hickok are what has inspired Movies, TV Shows and Video Games like Red Dead Redemption. In this episode of The Old West featuring James Butler Hickok we take a look at his life from an early age. How he became a gunfighter on the frontier in America and many things about Hickok that most people probably do not know. There are also rare photographs and newspaper articles. Wild Bill had many occupations, service in the Union Army as a spy and a detective to becoming a lawman in Hays and Abilene Kansas and his gunslinger gambling days in many western towns including going to the gold rush in Deadwood South Dakota. Wild Bill and Calamity Jane, General George Armstrong Custer, John Wesley Hardin, Willian F. Cody also known as Buffalo Bill Cody and many other United States Old West Outlaws and Characters knew each other. This episode of The Old West is hosted and narrated by Bob Terry. Episode 2 is already in production and several old west authors, historians and aficionados are scheduled to share their knowledge of the people, places, events and history of the American Old Wild West. This full length complete episode has been produced for and uploaded to the Westerns On The Web channel to watch free online.