Articles /kansas-magazine/articles/ Articles Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:20:33 +0000 Ad Astra per Aspera: The Kansas Motto Born from Struggle and Hope /kansas-magazine/articles/post/ad-astra-per-aspera-the-kansas-motto-born-from-struggle-and-hope/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/ad-astra-per-aspera-the-kansas-motto-born-from-struggle-and-hope/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/ad-astra-per-aspera-the-kansas-motto-born-from-struggle-and-hope/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:00:00 -0500

How a turbulent path to statehood shaped the words that guide Kansans today.

Ad Astra per Aspera. Most Kansans know the words. Fewer know the heated debates and bold decisions that gave rise to them.

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Beneath Cloud County’s prairie landscape, a hidden coal reserve once supported a small community

Travelers on Kansas roadways may see abandoned limestone buildings and think of them as simply ruins of

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ksm-notoriousArtwork: Torren Thomas

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, criminals often broke the law on the Kansas plains, but some were rebels with a cause – and others were outlaws

While struggling to

]]> “Self Trust” and the Abilene Ladies Literary League /kansas-magazine/articles/post/self-trust-and-the-abilene-ladies-literary-league/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/self-trust-and-the-abilene-ladies-literary-league/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/self-trust-and-the-abilene-ladies-literary-league/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 09:00:00 -0500

Abilene Ladies Literary League

In 1884, a small group of Abilene women traveled by wagon to Junction City to meet with organizers of the territory’s first women’s literary club. Following this visit, the Abilene Ladies Literary

]]> Home at the Horse Hotel /kansas-magazine/articles/post/home-at-the-horse-hotel/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/home-at-the-horse-hotel/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/home-at-the-horse-hotel/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:00:00 -0400
A MILITARY COUPLE CREATES LODGING FOR THE HORSES AND THE PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR THEM

Photography by Justin Lister

Families face obstacles and opportunities each time their work or family obligations

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