The women in a small rural farm town in Kansas territory wanted the same rights as men and were willing to fight for them. The town was established in 1857 by abolitionists and idealists and was given the name
In 1776, after the American Revolution, Great Britain fell back, choosing to dominate the U.S. economically rather than through violence. However, after a series of trade disagreements with Great
57 years ago, one of the most destructive and deadly tornadoes in Kansas history took place in the capital city of Topeka. It caused nearly $200 million in damage or just over $1 billion in today’s money and killed 17 people in the
The head of an organization of Union veterans from the Civil War, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), established Decoration Day on May 5, 1868, just three years after the Civil War had ended. This day would be a
