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Most Kansans recognize Kansas City as “The” great economic engine on our eastern border. Westport, now part of Kansas City, outfitted wagon trains before going out on the Santa Fe and Oregon-California trails.
Read moreIt was an odd sort of evening. Uncomfortable at times, but also productive.
Read moreIn bold capital letters the caption in the June 12, 1895, edition of the Topeka State Journal read, “LIKE CAPT. KIDD.”
Read moreAt the American Legion Post 174 in Ellsworth, Kansas, there are burial flags of local deceased veterans on display in an enclosed glass case. Some of the flags are quite old and beginning to fade. Among the flags are three that stand out from the others.
Read moreI like to think there are jobs out there that are so important to the welfare and betterment of our country, that the woman or man who fills them grows beyond their own political ideologies to consider the thoughts and ideas of others.
Read moreJames Schuyler, a novice surveyor, wrote a harrowing account of survival in western Kansas for the New York Post.
Read moreEditor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part column by Eric Ward, senior fellow with the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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