Blog /blog/stories/ Blog Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:54:33 +0000 Christmas Lights Road Trip Through Southeast Kansas /blog/stories/post/christmas-lights-road-trip-through-southeast-kansas/ /blog/stories/post/christmas-lights-road-trip-through-southeast-kansas/#comments /blog/stories/post/christmas-lights-road-trip-through-southeast-kansas/ Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0500
Take your family on a road trip to experience the beautiful and magical, FREE light displays throughout . Some of these, likely in communities you've never heard of, are going to surprise you.

Includes more than 20 displays featuring nearly 500,000 lights. There is a synched radio

]]> The Storytellers of Southeast Kansas /blog/stories/post/the-storytellers-of-southeast-kansas/ /blog/stories/post/the-storytellers-of-southeast-kansas/#comments /blog/stories/post/the-storytellers-of-southeast-kansas/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0500

Names you know. Names you should know. They saved and told the stories of Kansas, America, and the world.

Memories from traveling across American pioneer country by covered wagon and growing up on a farm near Independence in 1869-70 inspired Laura Ingalls Wilder to write her original novel. The

]]> Good Day Kansas Explores: Martin + Osa Johnson Safari Museum - Chanute /blog/stories/post/good-day-kansas-explores-martin-osa-johnson-safari-museum-chanute/ /blog/stories/post/good-day-kansas-explores-martin-osa-johnson-safari-museum-chanute/#comments /blog/stories/post/good-day-kansas-explores-martin-osa-johnson-safari-museum-chanute/ Wed, 02 Nov 2022 11:00:00 -0400

The Martin + Osa Johnson Story - Chanute

I find Martin & Osa Johnson to be among the most fascinating couples in Kansas’ history. Their love story was built for a big screen as these southeast Kansas sweethearts won the hearts of millions across the world with their pioneering spirit and exotic

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