High Plains History
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Take a few minutes to step back in time and explore the historical events, places, persons, social movements, and humorous incidents from the centuries of human settlement on the High Plains. High Plains History is written and produced by Skip Mancini with the assistance of historians, historical societies, and museums from across the region.
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Latest Episodes
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Chicanery and hi-jinks were on tap in this non-violent but very heated county seat war. -
A survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre became a famous figure in Native American History. -
1965 brought more water than folks knew what to do with when the Arkansas River flooded its banks. -
A philanthropist who wanted to give kids a place of their own founded a famous ranch in the Texas Panhandle. -
Garden City has prospered by the labor, customs, and culture of hardworking immigrants from Old Mexico. -
A mute witness to mayhem and murder was never able to tell the story of what really happened in Ness county in 1872. -
In out regional history, many towns were founded or folded by the route of a railroad. Perhaps no town was more influenced by the rails than Canadian,… -
A walk in the park is on tap as we look at a Southwest Kansas family of philanthropists. -
Listen to some "tuneful" history about the Jayhawk state. -
