

The Stock Market Crash of 1929
Wall Street. Everyone’s heard of it. But what’s on it is a lot of circulating money, changing prices, and full of people wanting to...


Kansas in WWII
Have you ever wondered about the World Wars? Well did you know that Kansas actually helped in both WWI and WWII? Yeah they did and if you...


The New Deal Programs
The 1930s were a period of high unemployment in the United States. This is known as the Great Depression. What is a “depression”? Well, a...


The Spanish Flu and Kansas
The Spanish Flu, was one of the most deadly diseases the world has ever experienced. Now while it says Spanish, it really has nothing to...


Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was born on July 27, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas. She and Grace Muriel, her younger sister grew up in their grandfather’s...


Strikes
Kansas has a unique labor history. They’re not just a bunch of farmers. As industrialization spread west, many workers found themselves...


Kate Richards O'Hare
Kate Richards O’Hare Born in Ottawa County, Kansas, on March 26, 1876, Kate O’Hare was an important woman for American socialism. She...


Allegory of Oz
Dorothy has a boring, but nice life. Cyclone comes, brings her to the land of oz. she wants to get back to kansas so she travels on the...


WWI in KS
World War One was a global war centered around Europe, but included an astonishing 1 35 countries from around the world. Starting on...


Mary Elizabeth Lease and Women Suffrage
Mary Lease is very… well... interesting you could say. She was also confident. She brought hell to the system on behalf of the people and...