Sure, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado all have their mountains.Texas has its big cities and big-name ranches.But Kansas gave the Old West everything iconic that westerners hold dear:The boot.The hat.The cowgirl.The Marlboro Man, Matt Dillon, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Buffalo Bill, Billy the ...
When the children entered the sanctuary at Trinity Lutheran Church earlier this month, they could tell it was something different than another day at church.They saw pandas swinging from vines in a bamboo forest, water cascading down big brown rocks into a creek in front of the stage and ...
Shawnee Town Museum’s June Speakers Series will feature the presentation, “The Big House to The Big Leagues: From Ft. Leavenworth Prison to The Negro Leagues.” The event starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at Shawnee Town Hall, 11600 Johnson Drive. Admission is free.Tim Rives, deputy ...
The National World War I Museum has planned a number of Memorial Day weekend activities, including a preview of the landmark’s new traveling museum. The museum is located in Penn Valley Park in Kansas City, Mo.Saturday, May 28Special exhibition: “Following My Grandfather’s World War I ...
The?Tonganoxie Recreation Commission Summer Kickoff Party will be 5-7 p.m. Saturday at Chieftain Park.TRC Wall of Fame inductee Russ Kimberlin will be honored, and the Silly Critter Pet Show and the Children’s Money Hunt as well as other activities also are planned.
Joe Winston and Laura Cohen came to Kansas to film a documentary based on a book of political commentary. But for the movie version, the Chicago husband-and-wife filmmaking team decided to let the state speak for itself.Winston visited Basehor Community Library on Monday for a screening and ...
An exclusive event is coming to the area this month, thanks to a partnership between the Basehor, Bonner Springs and Tonganoxie libraries.On Feb. 21, documentary filmmaker Joe Winston will visit Basehor Community Library for a screening and discussion of his 2009 film, “What’s the Matter ...
Inman — A world-renowned scientist, the inventor of the game of basketball and an ax-wielding temperance crusader are among the newly announce 8 Wonders of Kansas People.Results were announced Thursday morning by the Kansas Sampler Foundation after six weeks of voting by the public. The top 8 ...
When Laura Elkins takes on the personality of Madam Carrie Hall, she is reluctant to talk about the Leavenworth woman’s death.It’s not that Elkins doesn’t know the details — she’s thoroughly researched Hall — or that the death was in anyway gruesome. Elkins, of rural Leavenworth, ...
For the greater part of a century, the Doege family’s two barns have framed Tonganoxie Road as it crosses Stranger Creek to start winding southwest to Tonganoxie.With its tile lower story, gambrel roof and wooden silo, the larger of the two barns is the road’s east bookend. Vacant now of ...
