Tag: history

  • Great American Desert

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    In 1820, explorer Stephen H. Long led a group of soldiers across the Great Plains in search of the source of the Red River.  During his expedition, he explored much of what is now Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska.  What did Long report to his superiors after his journey concluded?  The region between the Missouri River…

  • Food, History and Kansas – A Hat Trick

    Food, History and Kansas – A Hat Trick

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    (Photo courtesy of Great Plains Foodways Connection’s website) My homepage is set to http://www.ksu.edu/ (I bleed purple) and yesterday when I opened up my browser, one of the recent headlines was highlighting this new website called Great Plains Foodways Connection.  Intrigued…. Upon further investigation, I discovered that GPFC’s mission is to ‘explore, conserve and celebrate Kansas…