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 Rabbit Drives - A look at a grim activity of the 'dirty Thirties'.
(aired 07/28/10) |
 The Last County - A look at the last county admitted to the state of Kansas.
(aired 07/21/10) |
 Hay Meadow Massacre - A county seat battle in Southwest Kansas brought mayhem and murder to what is now the Oklahoma Panhandle.
(aired 07/14/10) |
 Candian River Wagon Bridge - Crossing the Canadian was not always an easy task, but today it's a 'walk in the park', thanks to some dedicated Hemphill County residents.
(aired 07/07/10) |
 Ghosts Towns of Hodgeman County - The plains of Kansas held both promise and heartbreak for two diverse groups of settlers in the 1880s.
(aired 06/30/10) |
 Penokee Man - The Ancient builders of the Penokee stone formation in the Soloman River Valley remain anonymous to this day.
(aired 06/23/10) |
 The Buffalo Hotel - Today, we're staying at Buffalo Jone's new hotel in old-time Garden City.
(aired 06/16/10) |
 The Well Story - A family history illuminates the hard living of homesteading in the TX Panhandle and the bravery of ordinary people.
(aired 06/09/10) |
 Pittsburgh of the Prairies - Some of the smokestacks still stand on the site of the "Pittsburgh of the Prairies."
(aired 06/02/10) |
 St Joseph - A group of Volga-German immigrants brought their faith to the Kansas prairie, and built a church whose walls still stand today.
(aired 05/26/10) |
 Big Timbers - Today, we'll travel to Eastern Colorado to get the lowdown on a favorite watering hole called Big Timbers
(aired 05/19/10) |
 Carnegie Arts Center - Dodge City residents who used to check out a book at the Carnegie Library can now check out the art scene.
(aired 05/12/10) |
 Old Tascosa - A wild and wooly town in the Texas Panhandle became the site of a community with an entirely different outlook on life.
(aired 05/05/10) |
 Winter of 1912 - When this winter brought a series of snowstorms, the people of Southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle sometimes had to take the law into their own hands for survival.
(aired 04/28/10) |
 Army Air Base - What the British Royal Airforce began, the U.S. Army Air Force completed on the flatlands of Southwest Kansas.
(aired 04/21/10) |
 The Hugoton Gas Fields - A new economy for Kansas and the naion began with a wildcatter's hopes and dreams
aired (04/14/10) |
 Prairie Playtimes - Pioneer children worked hard and then played hard while growing up on the High Plains.(aired 04/07/10) |
 Buddy Heaton - A rodeo clown who got his start in Southwest Kansas rode to fame on an unusual mount.
(aired 03/31/10) |
 WPA Projects - Two historic structures in Central Western Kansas were built at the same time with a helping hand from a government agency.
(aired 03/24/10) |
 Main Street Murder - Hollywood's depiction of Depression Era gangsters might have been the model for a home grown bank robber in Syracuse, Kansas. But his hankering for a good meal was probably his downfall.
(aired 03/17/10) |
 Charles Goodnight - Today, we pay tribute to a true gentleman of the Old West and a Founding Father in the Texas Panhandle.
(aired 03/10/10) |
 End of the Trail - After ranching in four states, a Texas cowman met his maker in a Colorado boom town called Trail City.
(aired 03/03/10) |
 Triple Tornadoes - A North town holds a dubious record of three twisters in three years, and all on the same date.
(aired 02/24/10) |
 Big Nosed Kate - Doc Holiday's girlfriend spent some time in Dodge City before traveling to the O.K. Corral. Today we'll take a look at her remarkable long and event-filled life.
(aired 02/17/10) |
 Amarillo Symphony - There's music in the air on Southern High Plains, and lots of it began years ago with the Amarillo Symphony.
(aired 02/10/10) |
 Moore County Murder - Gather round the kitchen table and we'll tell you a tale of murder and mayhem that just might spoil your appetite!
(aired 02/03/10) |
 Yucca - Early day pioneers believed in hard work and clean living, and a plant commonly called soapweed helped them succeed in those endeavors.
(aired 01/27/10) |
 Blackie - An enduring legend of Lane County involves the character of Blackie and a bank robbery gone bad.
(aired 01/20/10) |
 Temple Houston - An introduction to a colorful and flamboyant Panhandle figure.
(aired 01/13/10) |
 Early Day Autos - A look at Finney County's introduction to the age of the horseless carriage shows some forward thinking in terms of road building, and some changes in the rules of the road.
(aired 01/06/10) |
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