By How elaborate, how intricate this piece on display in the Kuska Collection at the Pioneer Museum of Art and History in Colby. I visited The Prairie Museum of Art and History in Colby in October.
One room
Inside the 1887 schoolhouse on the grounds at the Pioneer Museum of Art and History in Colby.
Puppets
Two puppets from the Kuzka Collection at the Pioneer Museum of Art and History in Colby.
Cheyenne
One of the Plains Indian tribes was the Cheyenne. Ft. Hays State Historic Site, Hays, Kansas
‘What Kansas Means to Me’
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Barton County ‘WHAT KANSAS MEANS TO ME’ Tom Averill knows Kansas inside and out. He knows it and he loves it. Averill writes about our state, teaches Kansas literature, and tells stories on the radio about small town life. He’s a Kansan, one of us, …
2011 – The year of Kansas
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: 2011 – The Year of Kansas In a few days, we’ll be hanging our 2011 calendars. And as we look over the month of January, our eyes will land on the 29th. On that day, Kansas turns 150. And, thanks to the fact that Emporia …
‘Moon Over Manifest’
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ‘MOON OVER MANIFEST’ It’s always fun to stumble upon a novel set in Kansas, and recently I found a story that takes place in Crawford County. This book sends the reader back to the time of prohibition and bootlegging, the 1918 flu epidemic, and underground …
In the Brown Grand Theatre
Old playbills are on display on the second floor of the Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia.
Orphan Train Riders
Photos of a few of the orphan train riders are on the window shades in the National Orphan Train Museum in Concordia which is housed in the 1917 Union Pacific Depot.
T-Rex
This T-Rex scared the snot out of me. I was alone on the path in the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays and this guy came to life. I knew I had triggered some sort of sensor a minute earlier when the screeching of birds began, but I didn’t expect the T-Rex to come …
Along Interstate 70
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ALONG INTERSTATE 70 Walter P. Chrysler was a man from small-town Kansas who made it to the big time. He built cars in Michigan and he built a sleek skyscraper in the heart of New York City. On my recent trip to western Kansas, I …