Kansas history

The city of Fairway says that four Native American children were reported to have died while attending the boarding school. But the Shawnee Tribe said they have "serious concerns" about an investigation by the Kansas Historical Society.

How bad is the Kansas drought? Among the most severe in recorded history. But some other years were more extreme.

The state constitution itself has its roots in the bitter days of Bleeding Kansas.

Slavery in Missouri is rarely discussed, but unique geography in its western region helped create a treacherous set of circumstances for the enslaved.

In a tiny Kansas cabin, perhaps the best-known folk song ever was written nearly 150 years ago.

The Topeka Capital-Journal recently described the Kansas State Historical Society’s archives as “Kansas’s scrapbook.” In the society’s archive wing you’ll…

If you want to excavate a shipwreck, you don’t have to buy a submarine and go cruise the Caribbean. You need only travel to certain cornfields in Kansas,…

The Path to StatehoodKansas became the 34th state on January 29, 1861. The journey to become a state was long and bloody. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854…