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Historical Atlas of Kansas (1992) Stuewe, Paul K., ed. Kansas Revisited: Historical Images and Perspectives (2nd ed. 1998), essays by scholars; Wishart, David J., ed. Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, University of Nebraska Press, 2004, ISBN 0-8032-4787-7. complete text online; 900 pages of scholarly articles
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.
Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that is published by the Department of History at Kansas State University with financial support from the Kansas Historical Foundation. It is included with membership to the Kansas Historical Foundation.
1450: Wichita people founded the historical city of Etzanoa, near the modern day Arkansas City. 1500–1800: Proto-historic indigenous peoples in Kansas include the Pawnee, Kansa, Wichita, and Apache. [1] 1541: Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, the Spanish conquistador, visits Kansas. 17th century: Kansa (sometimes Kaw) and Osage Nation arrive in ...
Frank also discusses Kansas' history on slavery and civil rights, experiencing violent conflict before entering as a free state, as well as being the location of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that outlawed racial segregation. He argues that conservative backlash in Kansas cannot be ascribed to racism.
The museum is a division of the Kansas Historical Society, which was founded in 1875 by Kansas newspaper editors and publishers. Its first home was in the Kansas State Capitol . Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway #132 (which had been renumbered ATSF 2414), near the end of its service life in the 20th century, before restoration.
The Battle of Punished Woman's Fork (27 September 1878), also called Battle Canyon, was the last battle between Native Americans (Indians) and the United States Army in the state of Kansas. In the Northern Cheyenne Exodus, 353 Cheyenne , including women and children, fled their reservation in Oklahoma in an attempt to return to their homeland ...
This is a list of all National Historic Landmarks designated by the U.S. government in Kansas.There are 26 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Kansas. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.