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January 6, 2021

Tag: Kansas Postcards

Three Famous Kansans

Editor's Staff January 6, 2021

Editor’s Staff

Three Famous Kansans

Fort Leavenworth, the first U. S. Army installation in the Kansas Territory was built in 1827. At the same time, Leavenworth became the oldest permanent settlement in the state. The state grew slowly but in 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska Act changed everything. The debate opened among

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“Black Sunday” and the 1935 Dust Storm

Editor's Staff September 24, 2020

Editor’s Staff

“Black Sunday”
and the 1935 Dust Storm

“The Great Dust Storm”

On the 14th day of April of 1935,
There struck the worst of dust storms that ever filled the sky.
You could see that dust storm comin’, the cloud looked deathlike black,
And through our mighty

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