Kansas History
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BIRTH OF THE PONY EXPRESS
In 10 days, riders raced over the longest mail route which stretched from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California. Though successful, the Pony Express was in operation for a mere 18 months.
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LEAVENWORTH-PIKE'S PEAK EXPRESS
An account of the risky and short-lived express route across Kansas to the gold fields in Colorado. Before the stage line could turn a profit, the gold panned out.
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THE KANSAS RIVER
The colorful history of the Kansas River, a vast waterway that stretches across the state of Kansas, from its tributaries that have their origin in Colorado to where the river empties into the Missouri River at Kansas City.
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FORT RILEY: Cavalry Outpost to Infantry Powerhouse
Fort Riley was one of the earliest frontier forts in Kansas, evolving from an important outpost built to protect emigrants and settlers, to becoming an integral military homebase for today's U.S. Army.
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KANSAS, LAND OF DIVERSE CLIMATE
Kansas has four distinct seasons, and early travelers and settlers learned through adversity how to cope with and survive the diverse elements on the Great Plains.
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KANSAS, LAND OF DIVERSE GEOGRAPHY
Mention Kansas and most people say it's flat. They're wrong. Kansas is anything but, having more geographical surprises than you'd think.
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RUSSELL, MAJORS, AND WADDELL: Frontier Freighters
In less than ten years, Russell, Majors, and Waddell--the largest freighting company in the western frontier--went from boom to bust.
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FORT SCOTT: Outpost On The Indian Frontier
Fort Scott was one of the frontier outposts guarding the boundary of the short-lived "Permanent Indian Frontier" in the Kansas Territory.
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BLEEDING KANSAS: Decade of Conflict
The turbulent years between the time Kansas became a territory and statehood, which gave it the name Bleeding Kansas--the border war waged over slavery between Missouri Bushwhackers and Kansas Jayhawkers.
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FORT LEAVENWORTH: First U.S. Fort in Kansas
A narrative about the establishment of Cantonment Leavenworth, through the years it served as a bastion of defense in the west and great depot to posts west, to the birth of the Command and General Staff College.
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THE ONCE VAST INDIAN TERRITORY
In the 1820s, white settlers in the United States demanded the government move the native Eastern Indian tribes off their land and relocate them in the unlivable Great American Desert.
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BLAZING THE SANTA FE TRAIL
William Becknell, the man who opened the Santa Fe Trail and established the first American trade in Spanish New Mexico.
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Fort de Cavagnial, French Garrison
Fort de Cavagnial was one of the earliest garrisons built by the French to further trade with the Indians.
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