Kansas Sampler - Wamego, Kansas
Record attendnce was recorded in May for the 25th Annual Kansas Sampler Festival in Wamego, Kansas. You're invited to the 26th Festival May 2nd and 3rd, 2014 in the Wamego City Parks.
Around Kansas - State and National Historical Sites in KS - Nov. 18, 2015
(Deb) Welcome back and Frank and I are always encouraging you to get out and see the state and there's so much to see and do of course. And again, following up on a theme of what to get people for Christmas, there are memberships available at the friends' groups that support a lot of our state and national historic sites. But there's a few in particular I wanted to share with you today. And the Parks and Tourism asked me to write a blog for them a while back and we'll share that link for you. They wanted me to name my ten favorite sites and I thought, well that's the way to make enemies, you know, win friends and influence people. So, what I did was preface what I wrote about by saying if it's a state site or if it's a national site, it's so designated for a good reason. And those are places that you just ought to see. Period. So, with that being said, what's your favorite state or national site? (Frank) Oh boy... (Deb) What's one you love to go see? (Frank) Well I think, the Tall Grass Prairie. (Deb) Oh yea. (Frank) I mean it's a beautiful, beautiful place. It's been well preserved. And you can go there and just kind of spend a couple hours or you can go there and actually spend a week if you want because of all the hiking and camping trails and all that. And any time of the year is a good time to go there because it changes with the seasons. So, Tall Grass Prairie, I think is...now that's a national site... (Deb) It's beautiful. (Frank) It's a beautiful place. (Deb) It's beautiful. When my sister came out to visit a few years ago, that's one of the places I took her to because it so much exemplifies the prairie and that era, when the farmhouse was built there. So that's a beautiful, beautiful site. Now, one of my favorite state sites is the Pawnee Indian site, in Republic County, because it's on an actual site of an Indian Village. It's so unique. It's one that is sort of off the beaten path So, a lot of people don't pass it every day. You have to sort of be on your way to get there. But that's one, everybody's got to see that one at some point. So, let's take a look at a few others. The story of Kansas is interpreted through dozens of historic sites around the state. Each tells one piece of the story whether it is westward expansion, the struggle for statehood, or the rich and varied cultures that have called Kansas home. There are four National Park Service sites: Forts Scott and Larned, Brown V Board, and Nicodemus. In addition, the Tallgrass Prairie Natural Preserve celebrates the grassland ecosystem of the Great Plains. Five nationally recognized trails cross Kansas: the Santa Fe , with more miles in Kansas than any other state; the Pony Express; the Oregon; the California; and Lewis and Clark. Signage and sites along the way, in addition to pre-recorded audio tours, are available for the explorer. The Kansas State Historical Society administers several sites including its museum and the newly restored statehouse. They are Constitution Hall in Lecompton, Fort Hays, Grinter Place, Hollenberg Station, Kaw Mission, Shawnee Indian Mission, Pawnee Indian Museum, Red Rocks, Home of William Allen White, and Mine Creek Battlefield. Self-guided sites are Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission, Pawnee Rocks, and Marais des Cygnes Massacre site. Partner sites are Cottonwood Ranch, the First Territorial Capital, Goodnow House, and the John Brown Museum. Merely listing these names gives you an idea of the variety of eras and stories represented at each of these places. Many of them have Friends Organizations and gift shops. Support those with your dollars. Take the kids. Take the grandkids. Pick up a National Park Service passport and encourage your family to begin collecting the stamps from across the nation, Kansas first. Often, we plan trips to experience something new when we haven't even experienced what we have here at home. Click your heels and repeat, There's no better history than in Kansas, There's no better history than in Kansas, there's no better history than in Kansas! (Frank) Gee, we're out of time again. So well, I'm Frank. (Deb) I'm still Deb. (Frank) And we'll see you, somewhere... (Both) Around Kansas.
Kansas Historical Society Spotlight June 2012
Featuring the 2012 Kansas Archeology Training Program, which investigated Fool Chief's Village in Shawnee County, an 1830s Kaw Indian site.
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Woman says victim in Wamego shooting was her nephew
A local woman says she is related to the man shot and killed by police Monday evening.
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Welcome to Wamego- Cultural Capital
Part of a series of videos developed for the Great Plains IDEA MSCD program. This particular video describes the cultural capital for the community of Wamego, KS.
Celebrate Kansas Voices- Ferdinand Frank Eckart
via YouTube Capture
I did this video for the Celebrate Kansas Voices project and my DED 318 class at Kansas State University.
This is the story of my great great grandfather, Frank Eckart, who immigrated to Kansas from Austria in 1890.
The story has been passed down from my great great grandmother, Genevieve (Eckart) Prockish, his daughter, to my mother. This is how she wrote it down, and I am reading it for you!
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Kansas | Wikipedia audio article
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- 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).
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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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).
Dawn of Day: Stories from the Underground Railroad
Dawn of Day is a historical documentary about the Underground Railroad in Kansas that brings to light Wabaunsee County’s unsung heroes who traversed one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history. Faith, family, and politics united a community of neighbors who lived and died to ensure Kansas was a free state. Richard Pitts, director of the Wonder Workshop in Manhattan, Kansas, narrates the film and interviews educators, historians and descendants of abolitionists whose shared heritage lives on in the freedom we enjoy today.
Produced by: Dean Mercer
College of Education, Kansas State University
Directed by: Rusty Earl
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Illinois Adventure #1607 Golden Windmill
Visit the Prairie Mill in Golden, Illinois (Adams County), a restored Dutch smock windmill and a historic landmark in western Illinois. It is the only restored, US-built windmill operating with its original millstones and wood gear mechanism! Built in 1873 by Henry Emminga, it's one of only two dutch windmills in downstate Illinois.
1893 Chicago World's Fair | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:41 1 Planning and organization
00:09:37 2 Description
00:11:32 3 Attractions
00:16:18 3.1 Anthropology
00:16:57 3.2 Rail
00:18:32 3.3 Country and state exhibition buildings
00:20:21 3.4 Guns and artillery
00:21:48 3.5 Religions
00:22:32 3.6 Moving walkway
00:22:59 3.7 Horticulture
00:23:18 4 Architecture
00:23:27 4.1 White City
00:26:00 4.2 Role in the City Beautiful Movement
00:27:30 4.3 Great Buildings
00:28:55 4.4 Transportation Building
00:30:32 4.5 Surviving structures
00:33:44 4.6 Other architecture at the Fair
00:33:54 5 Visitors
00:35:58 6 Souvenirs
00:36:42 7 Assassination and end of fair
00:38:05 8 Electricity at the fair
00:43:06 9 Music at the fair
00:43:16 9.1 Musicians
00:44:18 9.2 Other music and musicians
00:47:29 10 Art at the fair
00:47:39 10.1 American artists exhibiting
00:47:49 10.1.1 Painters
00:47:57 10.1.2 Sculptors
00:48:07 10.2 Women artists exhibiting
00:49:12 11 Women artists at the Woman's Building
00:49:23 12 Notable firsts at the fair
00:50:14 12.1 Concepts
00:50:41 12.2 Commemorations
00:51:53 12.3 Edibles and potables
00:52:56 12.4 Inventions and manufacturing advances
00:53:17 12.5 Organizations
00:53:41 12.6 Performances
00:56:44 13 Later years
00:57:50 14 See also
01:00:16 14.1 Media about the fair
01:00:28 15 References and notes
01:00:38 16 Further reading
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
The layout of the Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles B. Atwood. It was the prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely French neoclassical architecture principles based on symmetry, balance, and splendor. The color of the material generally used to cover the buildings façades gave the fairgrounds its nickname, the White City. Many prominent architects designed its 14 great buildings. Artists and musicians were featured in exhibits and many also made depictions and works of art inspired by the exposition.
The exposition covered 690 acres (2.8 km2), featuring nearly 200 new (but deliberately temporary) buildings of predominantly neoclassical architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from 46 countries. More than 27 million people attended the exposition during its six-month run. Its scale and grandeur far exceeded the other world's fairs, and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism, much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom.
Dedication ceremonies for the fair were held on October 21, 1892, but the fairgrounds were not actually opened to the public until May 1, 1893. The fair continued until October 30, 1893. In addition to recognizing the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Europeans, the fair also served to show the world that Chicago had risen from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire, which had destroyed much of the city in 1871.On October 9, 1893, the day designated as ...
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World's Columbian Exposition | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:03 1 Planning and organization
00:08:01 2 Description
00:09:41 3 Attractions
00:13:42 3.1 Anthropology
00:14:17 3.2 Rail
00:15:38 3.3 Country and state exhibition buildings
00:17:12 3.4 Guns and artillery
00:18:27 3.5 Religions
00:19:06 3.6 Moving walkway
00:19:29 3.7 Horticulture
00:19:47 4 Architecture
00:19:56 4.1 White City
00:22:05 4.2 Role in the City Beautiful Movement
00:23:24 4.3 Great Buildings
00:24:35 4.4 Transportation Building
00:25:58 4.5 Surviving structures
00:28:39 4.6 Other architecture at the Fair
00:28:49 5 Visitors
00:30:35 6 Souvenirs
00:31:15 7 Assassination and end of fair
00:32:25 8 Electricity at the fair
00:36:36 9 Music at the fair
00:36:46 9.1 Musicians
00:37:39 9.2 Other music and musicians
00:40:22 10 Art at the fair
00:40:31 10.1 American artists exhibiting
00:40:41 10.1.1 Painters
00:40:49 10.1.2 Sculptors
00:40:59 10.2 Women artists exhibiting
00:41:55 11 Women artists at the Woman's Building
00:42:06 12 Notable firsts at the fair
00:42:50 12.1 Concepts
00:43:15 12.2 Commemorations
00:44:17 12.3 Edibles and potables
00:45:08 12.4 Inventions and manufacturing advances
00:45:28 12.5 Organizations
00:45:50 12.6 Performances
00:48:27 13 Later years
00:49:23 14 See also
00:51:26 14.1 Media about the fair
00:51:38 15 References and notes
00:51:47 16 Further reading
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Speaking Rate: 0.89658975324587
Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-A
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
The layout of the Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles B. Atwood. It was the prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely French neoclassical architecture principles based on symmetry, balance, and splendor. The color of the material generally used to cover the buildings façades gave the fairgrounds its nickname, the White City. Many prominent architects designed its 14 great buildings. Artists and musicians were featured in exhibits and many also made depictions and works of art inspired by the exposition.
The exposition covered 690 acres (2.8 km2), featuring nearly 200 new (but deliberately temporary) buildings of predominantly neoclassical architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from 46 countries. More than 27 million people attended the exposition during its six-month run. Its scale and grandeur far exceeded the other world's fairs, and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism, much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom.
Dedication ceremonies for the fair were held on October 21, 1892, but the fairgrounds were not actually opened to the public until May 1, 1893. The fair continued until October 30, 1893. In addition to recognizing the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Europeans, the fair also served to show the world that Chicago had risen from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire, which had destroyed much of the city in 1871.On October 9, 1893, the day designated as C ...
William Leonard Pickard Top # 7 Facts
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National Train Day 2015 at St. Paul Union Depot
May 9, 2015 was National Train Day. Like 2014, we return to Union Depot in St. Paul for more displays than last year.
Amtrak displayed a brand new baggage car.
Friends of the 261 displayed 4 of their passenger cars, including:
Cedar Rapids - Skytop Observation Car
Super Dome 53 - Full-length dome car
Concession Car - Baggage car
Lamberts Point - Business Observation Car
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