(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 Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø…
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(First published in our winter 2013 edition, feature "A Symbolic State." It's been updated to the current date) Called the pioneer tree of Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø when it was selected by the state Legislature as the…
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(First published in our winter 2013 edition, feature "A Symbolic State." It's been updated to the current date) In February 1861, Abraham Lincoln stopped in Philadelphia to hoist the nation’s first…
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A carpenter by trade, Jonathan Adams is also a self-taught photographer who has recently turned to documenting the landscape and sights of Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø from his home in Iola. “Maybe five years ago, I…
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The dainty, big-flavored cookies we now call “peppernuts” were originally baked in European kitchens as a part of yuletide celebrations. Germans called them pfeffernüsse , the Dutch knew them as…
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Photography by Dave Leiker Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø ranchers team with a national program to bring mustang herds back to the Sunflower State Our pick-up truck bumps across chert-strewn pastures as lightning flares…
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Because those in the armed forces risk their lives to protect our nation, several volunteer nonprofit organizations, such as Horses and Heroes, Inc. in Johnson County, are on a mission to assist…
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What does it take to offload 10,000 lbs. of jet fuel into a B-2 stealth bomber at 30,000 ft while hurtling over the Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø prairie at 275 knots (400–500 mph)? Nine hundred or so Air National Guard…
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When you think of haunted Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø you probably think of Atchison. Named the most haunted town Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø, Atchison doesn’t shy away from its reputation, instead, they embrace it. So, how did this…
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When you think of springtime in Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø, the images that come to mind are thunderstorms, warming weather, and the awakening of our flora and fauna. An annual event, however, that we in the Midwest…
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