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Category: Reasons to Love Kansas

Kansas Women Trailblazers: Erin Brockovich

By Kim Gronniger on Mar. 02, 2021

In a 2013 speech to the San Gabriel Water Valley Forum, Erin Brockovich said that while growing up in the Sunflower State, her mother and father taught her “the greatest gifts we have are our family…

A Sunflower State Literary Pilgrimage: Visiting the Custers

By Mary Gage on Sep. 12, 2020

A frequent contributor to KANSAS! magazine, Mary Gage has written extensively about the history and modern attractions of the state. When Elizabeth “Libbie” Bacon Custer accompanied her husband…

A Sunflower State Literary Pilgrimage: Connecting with Gordon Parks Hometown

By KANSAS! Staff Writer on Sep. 10, 2020

Annette Hope Billings is an award-winning writer and actress who has called Topeka home since early childhood. During a recent visit to Fort Scott, Kansas, I learned the multi-talented…

Emmett's Place

By Meta Newell West on Aug. 31, 2020

The third-generation owners of Louisburg Cider Mill continue to harvest and expand on their founder’s dream. More than 45 years after Emmett O’Rear began pressing fresh Kansas apples into cider…

Beauty in Paper, Blooms and Glass

By Amber Fraley on Aug. 07, 2020

From her home studio in Wichita, Tomiyo Tajiri creates stunning kimonos, origami art and accessories. Tajiri began studying her craft while growing up on Okinoerabujima, a small Japanese island near…

Carhops, Burgers and .... Pie

By Linda A. Ditch on May. 13, 2020

(This article was first published in the 2015 summer issue of KANSAS!) At Bobo’s, the steak burger still reigns supreme and onion rings sizzle for hungry patrons. Apple pie and malts grease up the…

"Who are You?"

By Katherine Dinsdale on Feb. 28, 2020

An award-winning Kansas quilt artist answers her grandfather’s challenging question with every stitch As a child, narrative quilt artist Marla A. Jackson delighted in fabric and color and artistic…

The Western Meadowlark

By Amy Conkling on Jan. 26, 2020

(First published in our winter 2013 edition, feature "A Symbolic State." It's been updated to the current date) Schoolchildren across Kansas had the initial vote in choosing the western meadowlark as…

Sunflowers a Symbol of Kansas

By Kimberly Winter Stern on Jan. 26, 2020

(First published in our winter 2013 edition, feature "A Symbolic State." It's been updated to the current date) A cultural symbol throughout the ages—of faith, longevity, healing, happiness and good…

Home on the Range the Song of Kansas

By Cecilia Harris on Jan. 26, 2020

(First published in our winter 2013 edition, feature "A Symbolic State." It's been updated to the current date) Trube Reese discovered the nearly forgotten, handwritten poem that inspired the Kansas…

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