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Category: From the Archives

From the Archives: Remembering John Steuart Curry

By KANSAS! Staff Writer on Jan. 15, 2024

Editor's Note: This article was originally published in the winter of 1992 by Don Lambert. It's been lightly edited. A look back to 1992, when the Kansas Legislature took action to recognize one…

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From the Archives: Birth of the Helicopter

By KANSAS! Staff Writer on Jan. 08, 2024

Editor’s Note This article was originally featured in the winter issue of 1983 by Joan L. Istas. You can still visit America’s first patented helicopter at the High Plains Museum in Goodland. "If…

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From the Archives: Kansas Outlaws

By Carolyn Kaberline on Oct. 05, 2023

The Sunflower State is known for its famous lawmen—but its infamous villains are legendary as well This article was originally featured in the winter 2014 issue of the magazine. Photos are courtesy of…

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From the Archives: A Slice of Rural Life

By Ron Welch on Aug. 24, 2023

The Kansas Sampler Festival, the annual two-day gathering hosted by the Penner family on their farm near Inman, has grown beyond its founders’ wildest dreams. This article was originally featured in…

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Discovering Lewis and Clark

By Mary Gage on Jun. 26, 2023

Editor's note: This article was originally featured in the winter issue of 2003. Quotes and descriptions were pulled from journal entries. We camped in one of the most beautiful plains I ever saw…

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From the Archives: Sentinel of the Plains

Jun. 20, 2023

Gove County’s dramatic Castle Rock, a favorite of landscape photographers and sightseers alike, has stood guard over the Kansas Plains for centuries. This article was originally featured in the…

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Nicklaus & Palmer versus Hutchinson's Prairie Dunes

By KANSAS! Staff Writer on May. 24, 2023

Story & photography by KANSAS! Magazine Staff This story was originally featured in our November/December issue of 1962 It was billed as an exhibition match between two of the world's best golfers…

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Wyatt Earp Returns to Dodge City

By KANSAS! Staff Writer on May. 18, 2023

Dipping into our archives, we look back to when actor Hugh O'Brian visited Dodge City as his character Wyatt Earp from the 1950s-60s TV show about the famous lawman. Story by Staff Writer | This…

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From the Archives: Prairie Preserved

By Ron Welch on Mar. 23, 2023

Photography, ¸£ÀûÉ© The 10,894-acre Z Bar Ranch in the Flint Hills of Chase County - purchased in 1993 by the National Park Trust – is America's future tall grass prairie preserve…

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From the Archives: Batter than Ever!

By KANSAS! Staff Writer on Feb. 14, 2023

Pancake Day in Liberal Featured in the March/April issue of 1956 (Editor’s Note: This article has been lightly updated) Well known as the home of such famous trackmen as Glenn Cunningham and the…

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