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Kafir corn carnival, El Dorado, Kansas

Date: Between 1920 and 1929

This black and white photograph shows the first Kafir Corn Carnival at El Dorado, Kansas. The first carnival was held, in 1911, to honor the hardy sorghum grain. The three-day…

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Rolla Anderson Clymer

Date: Between 1920 and 1940

Rolla Anderson Clymer, editor of the El Dorado Times for 59 years, wrote numerous articles and poems about the Flint Hills region. His best known poem “Majesty of the Hills”…

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Santa Fe Trail ruts

Date: 1956

This aerial photograph, taken in 1956 by the Kansas Industrial Development Commission, depicts some Santa Fe Trail wagon ruts in Ford County, west of Dodge City, Kansas. The Santa Fe…

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Charles Monroe Sheldon

Date: Between 1900 and 1920

Charles Monroe Sheldon, pastor of Central Congregational Church in Topeka, Kansas, organized the first Black kindergarten west of the Mississippi River. It was known as the Tennesseetown Kindergarten. He is…

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Santa Fe Trail ruts, Dodge City, Kansas

Date: 1956

This photograph, taken in 1956 by the Kansas Industrial Development Commission, depicts some Santa Fe Trail wagon ruts located northwest of Dodge City, Kansas. The Santa Fe Trail, opened in…

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Tornado damage, Topeka, Kansas

Date: June 9, 1966

A view of the damage done to the downtown area at 10th and 12th Streets (looking toward the Kansas State Capitol building at 12th & Kansas Avenue) by a tornado…

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John Brown Memorial Park, Osawatomie, Kansas

Date: Between 1912 and 1928

This black and white photograph shows the caretaker cottage and Adair-Brown cabin, (L to R), at the John Brown Memorial Park in Osawatomie, Kansas. The cabin built around 1854 by…

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John Brown Memorial Park, Osawatomie, Kansas

Date: Between 1928 and 1938

This black and white photograph shows the entry way to the John Brown Memorial Park in Osawatomie, Kansas. In the background the Adair-Brown cabin is somewhat visible. The structure built…

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John Brown Memorial Park, Osawatomie, Kansas

Date: Between 1928 and 1938

This black and white photograph shows the caretaker cottage and the Adair- Brown cabin, (L to R), at the John Brown Memorial Park in Osawatomie, Kansas. The cabin built around…

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Adair Brown cabin, Osawatomie, Kansas

Date: Between 1928 and 1965

This black and white photograph shows the Adair-Brown cabin at the John Brown Memorial Park in Osawatomie, Kansas. The structure built around 1854 by Samuel Glenn was sold, in 1855,…

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Adair-Brown cabin, Osawatomie, Kansas

Date: Between 1928 and 1959

This black and white photograph shows the Adair-Brown cabin at the John Brown Memorial Park in Osawatomie, Kansas. The structure built around 1854 by Samuel Glenn was later sold ,in…

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Quail, Flint Hills, Kansas

Date: 1985

This colored slide shows a view of a quail standing at the base of a small tree or bush in the Flint Hills region. The Flint Hills is a natural…

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Flint Hills, Kansas

Date: Between January 1, 1985 and January 12, 1985

The colored slide shows a view of the Flint Hills Region. This natural prairie grassland runs north and south through east-central Kansas. It is one of the largest areas of…

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Flint Hills, Kansas

Date: 1985

This colored slide show the Flint Hills. This natural prairie grassland runs north and south through east-central Kansas. It is one of the largest areas of native grasslands left in…

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Flint Hills, Kansas

Date: 1985

This colored slide shows the Flint Hills. This natural prairie grassland runs north and south through east-central Kansas. It is one of the largest areas of native grasslands left in…

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Flint Hills, Kansas

Date: 1985

This colored slide shows an aerial view of the Flint Hills Region. This natural prairie grassland runs north and south through east-central Kansas. It is one of the largest areas…

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Chase County courthouse

Date: Between 1960 and 1970

A view of the Chase County Courthouse building in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Designed by John G. Haskell and completed in 1873, the courthouse is an example of the Second Empire/Franco-American…

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Miami County Courthouse

Date: Between 1960 and 1970

A view of the Miami County Courthouse building in Paola, Kansas. Designed by George P. Washburn and completed in 1899, the courthouse is an example of the Romanesque Revival architectural…

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Charles “Buddy” Rogers

Date: Between 1940 and 1950

A portrait of Charles “Buddy” Rogers, 1904-1999, actor and jazz musician. Rogers was born in Olathe, Kansas and began his acting career in the mid-1920s. In his most remembered film,…

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Charles “Buddy” Rogers

Date: Between 1920 and 1930

A portrait of Charles “Buddy” Rogers, 1904-1999, actor and jazz musician. Rogers was born in Olathe, Kansas and began his acting career in the mid-1920s. In his most remembered film,…

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Elizabeth Ann Watrous Abbott

Date: Between 1860 and 1880

Elizabeth Ann Watrous Abbott, the wife of James Burnett Abbott, was an early settler of Kansas who aided in the Free State cause.