By 2011 is the year of Kansas and it’s being celebrated in a number of ways.
This morning at 10 a.m. at the Kansas Historical Society there will be a ceremony and this stamp recognizing the Kansas Sesquicentennial will be issued.
Tonight, Louis Copt, one of five recipients of the Governors Arts Awards, will give a painting demonstration at the Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Miss., on the KU Campus beginning at 6:30 p.m. Details here.
Yesterday, the State Library of Kansas issued its list of 150 Best Kansas Books.
Also yesterday, Rex Buchanan, author of Roadside Kansas: A Traveler’s Guide to its Geography and Landmarks, spoke on Kansas Public Radio about some of the beauty of Kansas: Kansas at 150.
This morning, KPR’s news director, J. Schafer, presented half of From A to Z: Kansas at 150.
Opening on Saturday at the Eisenhower Presidential Library is Abilene is the 8 Wonders of Kansas exhibit which is co-sponsored by the Kansas Sampler Foundation.
And opening Friday at the Kansas Museum of History is 150 Things I Love About Kansas.
At the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum on Saturday at 2 p.m., Dr. Jay Price will talk on Settling the Sea of Grass: Many Communities, One State.
Those are just a few ways in which to celebrate our sesquicentennial, which will be going on all year long. For a calendar of events across the state, check out the Kansas 150 calendar.
And you can also follow along with Amy Bickel of the Hutchinson News as she tracks down Kansas Ghost Towns.
News of Kansas’ admission to statehood crackled by Morse Code over the nation’s telegraph wires 150 years ago, several days later in California by Pony Express. Morse Code will be heard again from 10-4 on Jan. 29 at the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club Kansas 150th Birthday “Special Event” radio station at the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Heritage Center in Olathe. Morse Code, plus voice transmissions on 14.250, 7.250, and 10.120 MHz.
A hands-on More Code exhibit will be available, sure to be an attraction for the kids. Radio contacts will be logged and QSL cards sent upon receipt of SASE. I’m not an official source of information, but can find someone who is, pegnichols@gmail.com, KD0VQO
As a lifetime Kansan and local author I love your blog. Bev Buller recommended it to me and I’m hooked. I’m doubly blessed because my novel Feisty Family Values was one of the State of Kansas 150 Best Books. Now if I could just figure out the RSS field…hum. Happy Kansas Day!