KANSAS!

As the lifestyle magazine of Kansas, each issue celebrates the best of our state. It’s people, places, and spaces. For over 75 years, we’ve shared the stories of the Sunflower State, told by Kansans. Featured topics include a dynamic line up of culture, food, travel, outdoors, history, personalities, and communities.

KANSAS!

IT’S ALLIN THE EXTRA DETAILS

A HELLO FROM OUR PUBLISHER

Old Soldiers & Sailors Reunion Bean Feed

Where Forces for Freedom Fought & Triumphed

Black History Trail of Geary County • A county project to commemorate almost a dozen locations opens interconnected stories across the region

Aaron Patton • A conversation with KANSAS! photographers about their lives in photography

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REASONS We Love Kansas

Freedom from Hunger • Building nonpartisan political bridges, the president from Kansas helped sustain a farm and food policy legacy that continues today

A Great, Nearly Lost City of Free Peoples • Quindaro was an abolitionist frontier city founded by Indigenous people and strengthened by those who escaped slavery—now, a new generation works to restore and preserve its history

70 Years after Brown v Board • The state’s capital commemorates the legacy of a landmark Supreme Court ruling that placed Topeka in the national spotlight and in civil rights history

Time-Travelers • Professional and amateur reenactors help audiences connect with people and events in Kansas history

A LEGACY OF CHANGE • How Wichita’s Dockum Drug Store sit-in created a legacy for the next generations

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The Road to Quivira