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Kansas
On January 29, 1861, Kansas was the
34th state granted statehood. The flower is the sunflower. Kansas
is known as the Sunflower State, The Wheat State and The Jayhawker
State. |
Kansas Council
for History Education
http://www.ksche.org/
The mission of the Kansas Council for History Education is to provide
opportunities for Kansas history and civic educators to gain greater
content knowledge, become better teachers, and network with other
professionals in the field. Jack Hood suggested this site. |
Kansas State
Department of Education
http://www.ksde.org/
Information on Kansas education, organization of Kansas school districts,
assessments and standards, legislative information and much more. |
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The American
West
http://www.Americanwest.com/
The history and development of the American West can be found on
this site. Many links to Kansas history. |
Articles
of the Kansas Collection
http://www.kancoll.org/articles/
Special selections, letters and diaries, reminiscences, reference
shelf, and biographies make this site special to Kansas's history
lovers. |
Brown v
Topeka Board of Education: National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/brvb/
On October 26, 1992, Congress passed Public Law 102-525 establishing
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site to commemorate
the landmark Supreme Court decision aimed at ending segregation
in public schools. The site consists of the Monroe Elementary School
and the adjacent grounds. |
The Capitols
of Kansas
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/history/capital.html
The signing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act on May 30, 1854, created
the Kansas territory and opened it to settlement. A historical marker
on the grounds of the state capitol in Shawnee County. |
The Kansas
Collection
http://www.kancoll.org/
The voices of the past are heard again in KanColl, through nearly-lost
books, letters, diaries, photographs, and other materials. |
Kansas Community
Networks
http://www.kansastowns.us/
A wealth of Kansas history can be found. The site is organized by
counties. Gunfighters, tribes, railroads, cowboys, trails, and towns
are also highlighted. |
The Kansas
Heritage Center for Family and Local History
http://www.kansasheritage.org/index.html
The Heritage archives are devoted to digitally preserving Kansas'
past, giving future generations the opportunity to learn about and
from family and local history. |
Kansas Legislators
Past and Present
http://www.kslib.info/legislators/
The State Library also has an online listing of all the 9,000+ men
and women who have served in the State Legislature from 1861 to
the present. |
Kansas State
Historical Society
http://www.kshs.org/
The Kansas State Historical Society's mission is to identify, collect,
preserve, interpret, and disseminate materials and information pertaining
to Kanas history. Assist the public in understanding and appreciating
their Kansas heritage and how it relates to their lives. Many primary
sources. |
Kansas Territory:
Crucible of American Experience
http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7EHYPER/HNS/Kansas/Kansas.html
Information about The Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society, John Brown
and the Pottawatomie Creek Killings, General Jim Lane, William Quantrill
and the Lawrence Massacre, and a list of primary texts can be found
at this site. |
Kansas Governors'
Messages
http://www.kslib.info/messages/
This site has messages of Kansas governors from 1861 to 1949. It's
a good resource for researchers in the areas of Kansas history and
political science. |
New Perspectives
on the West
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/
Search for Kansas history and find material on: Benjamin Singleton,
Buffalo Bill, Julia Louisa Lovejoy, James Henry Lane, Free Soil,
The Lawrence Massacre, William Clarke Quantrill, John Brown, Chief
Black Kettle, The Exodusters, and The Buffalo Harvest |
Nicodemus
National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/nico/
This area preserves, protects and interprets the only remaining
western town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction
Period following the Civil War. The town of Nicodemus is symbolic
of the pioneer spirit of African-Americans. |
Oceans of
Kansas
http://www.oceansofkansas.com/
Oceans of Kansas Paleontology is an educational site that provides
extensive information about the animals that lived in and around
the ancient ocean that once covered Kansas and much of the Midwest
United States (and Canada). |
Streaming
West: Railway activity westwards through Kansas, 1860-1890
http://wt.diglib.ku.edu/
“As a partner in the Western Trails collaborative digitization
project, the Kansas Collection at Kenneth Spencer Research Library
has digitized 500 images of printed items illustrating railroad
activity westward through Kansas from 1860 to the 1880’s.” |
Territorial
Kansas
http://www.territorialkansasonline.org/cgiwrap/imlskto/index.php
This site takes history buffs, teachers and students on a cyberspace
ride back to the 1850's to "Bleeding Kansas." Includes
images, documents, maps, newspaper and magazine articles. The web
site was developed by the Kansas State Historical Society and the
Kansas Collection at Kansas University's Spencer Library. |
William
Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/
Andreas or Cutler's HISTORY OF KANSAS.... over 1,000 pages long...
now online. Published in 1883 |
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Access
Kansas http://www.accesskansas.org/
This site provides Kansas citizens and businesses 24-hour access
to state government information and services. |
Blue Skyways:
A service of the Kansas State Library
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/
Kansas Regional Library Systems. A network of libraries connecting
people with information. |
Kansas Photo
Tour
http://www.kansasphototour.com/
Kansas...Beautiful Kansas, and now here's photo proof: The Kansas
Photo Tour with Kansas photos, travel information and essays on
some interesting places around the Sunflower State. |
Kansas'
Scenic Byways
http://www.ksbyways.org/
See our rugged country, our vast fields of sunflowers and waving
grain, our shimmering lakes, buffalo and deer, art that will astound
you; enjoy ethnic cuisine, our wide open spaces, huge skies; and
travel the historic trails.... Flint Hills, Frontier Military, Glacial
Hills, Gypsum Hills and Post Rock. |
Kansas Web:
Welcome to the Washburn University Law Library's Kansas Web
http://www.washlaw.edu/kansas/
This site provides numerous links to web sites offering information
on the history, educational institutions, cities, government offices,
businesses, entertainment options, and special interest groups in
the state of Kansas |
Welcome
to the Office of Ron Thornburgh, Secretary of State
http://www.kssos.org/main.html
Many useful Kansas links including an On-line Voter Registration
application blank. |
Wyandot
Nation of Kansas
http://www.wyandot.org/
The Wyandot Nation of Kansas was incorporated in 1959 and is recognized
by the State of Kansas as an Indian Tribe. |
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The Lawrence
Massacre
http://www.kancoll.org/books/cordley_massacre/quantrel.raid.html
The Lawrence massacre by a band of Missouri ruffians under Quantrill
August 21, 1863. 150 men killed, eighty women made widows and 250
children made orphans. This work has been made available by the
Kansas Collection of Kenneth Spencer Research Library and the Department
of History of the University of Kansas. The electronic copy was
prepared by Mr. Alec Miller, Lawrence, Kansas, 30 June 1994. |
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