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The Osage people were once the masters of a wide territory covering the southern half of Missouri, northern Arkansas, and parts of present-day Oklahoma and Kansas.
The Kansas Legislature is nearing the completion of committee work as we considered a few last issues and the bills coming from the other chamber. We have one more week to complete our committee work before the next deadline so we have time to co
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Last week, a white gunman killed eight people, six of whom were women of Asian descent, in three separate spas in and around Atlanta, Ga.
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The Kansas legislature spent the week working through bills on the floor of each chamber. Only a few committee meetings were held to advance specific pieces of legislation.
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As the spring of 1879 approached, Mother Nature as she is inclined to do, asserted her superiority over the best laid plans of civilization to inhabit a broad section of the West.
Read moreSince 1972, the year we moved to Kansas, the rural regions of the state have worked to reverse the migration of residents to other parts of the state and the country in search of better opportunities. Several communities offered free land for new housing, Some reached out to former residents. Others targeted retirees. And still the numbers continued to shrink.
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This week was the last one for committees to meet for the first half of the Kansas legislative session.
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Living on the frontier brought many challenges, fostering an atmosphere that particularly framed the narrative of the legendary Old West. The chronicles of early Kansas are filled to the brim with trials and tribulations that confronted the hearty souls who attempted to tame the wild Kansas plains.
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