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Visitors to the monument near the Geographic center of the United States in Lebanon, Kansas, 1953.  

Lebanon: True Middle

You’ve heard of true north, but have you heard of the “true middle”?

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Kansas Ave in Norton, black and white image Full Story Places   Norton: The Pioneer Spirit What happens when bold individuals determined to blaze new trails find their way to the same area? Look to Norton County, Kansas to begin uncovering the answer. Full Story post rock limestone fence Full Story Places   Hotline: Post Rock Limestone Brad Penka, chairman of the Kansas Post Rock Limestone Coalition, discusses how innovative early Kansas pioneers used limestones as building materials that still shape Kansas architecture today. Full Story Haskell Memorial Arch Full Story Places   Hotline: Memorial Arch at Haskell Indian Nations University Kansas scholar Eric Anderson shares the history of the Memorial Arch at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence. Full Story historic photo of band concert Full Story Places   Hotline: Opera Houses in Kansas Aubrey Urban, professor of Theatre at Johnson County Community College, explores the stories behind old opera houses in Kansas. Full Story
baseball team 1940s   Full Story Let There Be Light Independence, Kansas, made history when it hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball on April 28, 1930. It's also where a young Mickey Mantle played in 1949. Full Story
Man standing in front of produce at the Iola Farmers' Market. Photo by Robin Schallie.   Full Story Iola: Reviving an Oasis When Iola’s farmers' market and local grocery store closed in the 2000s, it created a food desert for the community’s residents. How has Iola responded since? Full Story
Congressman Bob Dole meets with attendees of the Washington Student Leadership Seminar in May 1966.   Full Story Kansans at the Crossroads “Voices from the Big First, 1961-1968,” a new exhibition at the Dole Institute of Politics, explores concerns of Kansans in the 1960s through archived letters to then-Congressman Dole. Full Story
Chase County Courthouse Full Story   Hotline: Kansas Counties and Identity Jay Price, Director of the Public History program at Wichita State University, looks at the ways Kansas’s 105 counties are the cornerstones of local identity in the state. Full Story
A patchwork of colorful illustrations that describe what "rural" means to people in Greensburg Full Story   Greensburg: Creating a New Narrative Greensburg “went green” after being hit with an EF5 tornado in 2007. But environmentally-conscious initiatives are only one aspect of the community’s commitment to forward-thinking initiatives. Full Story
Field and stone wall in Wabaunsee County. Full Story   Alma: Deep Roots and New Growth Existing within the Flint Hills, one of the largest surviving areas of native tallgrass prairie left in the world, Wabaunsee County is connected to the land in more ways than one. Full Story
Motor car that was used to transport passengers, goods, and mail from Marysville through Onaga until 1955. Black and white.  

Onaga: Embracing the Past, Imagining the Future

What elements of a community’s past help enrich its future? This question is at the heart of the Onaga Historical Society’s “Crossroads into the Future” exhibition.

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Members of the Volga German Centennial Society gather. Black and white, date unknown. Full Story   Hays: A Lasting Heritage What elements of a community’s past help enrich its future? This question is at the heart of the Onaga Historical Society’s “Crossroads into the Future” exhibition. Full Story Front page of the Thomas County Cat from December 1885 Full Story   Colby: The Thomas County Press What elements of a community’s past help enrich its future? This question is at the heart of the Onaga Historical Society’s “Crossroads into the Future” exhibition. Full Story Students and teachers stand outside a schoolhouse. The words "Dunlap Academy and Mission School" and across the bottom of the photo. Sepia tone. Full Story   Council Grove: A Storied Road What elements of a community’s past help enrich its future? This question is at the heart of the Onaga Historical Society’s “Crossroads into the Future” exhibition. Full Story Image Caption John Summer residence northeast of Dunlap KS Photo Courtesy of KSMemoryorg KS Historical Society Full Story   Dunlap: Promised Land or Pit Stop Along the Way? What elements of a community’s past help enrich its future? This question is at the heart of the Onaga Historical Society’s “Crossroads into the Future” exhibition. Full Story A portion of the Independence local Crossroads exhibition Full Story   Independence: A Culture of Innovation What elements of a community’s past help enrich its future? This question is at the heart of the Onaga Historical Society’s “Crossroads into the Future” exhibition. Full Story students sitting outside of a college building 1950s Full Story   Dodge City: Colleges Strengthening Communities   What elements of a community’s past help enrich its future? This question is at the heart of the Onaga Historical Society’s “Crossroads into the Future” exhibition. Full Story
Wyatt Townley Full Story Places   HomeWords HomeWords is a collection of poems from poets across Kansas that consider "home"—from the mobile home of the body, to the house it inhabits, to the land that holds the house, to the sky that enfolds it all. Full Story mural with mexican american cultural images Full Story Places   North Newton: La Vida Buena La vida buena—the good life.  Is it a destination?  And if so, how do we get there?  Explore more in the Kauffman Museum's online Crossroads: Change in Rural America online exhibition. Full Story hand holding candle by field Full Story Places   Ellinwood: The Crossroads of History and Technology Ellinwood has been able to stay current and connected to the state, nation, the world, and each other through high-speed internet. Full Story hyer boots box and cowboy boots Full Story Places   Rodeos to Roundabouts: Olathe's Rural Roots What do cowboy boots, blue yardsticks, and grange pups have in common? Olathe. Full Story
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Hotline: Restoring a Restoration

The David Hicks Overmyer murals at K-State's historic Farrell Library were restored twice in ten years. Lori Goestch, Dean of Libraries at Kansas State University, explains why.

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