Around Kansas - The Prairie Museum of Art and History in Colby, Kansas - September 7, 2016
(Deb) Not really. [Laughs] (Frank) Straighten up, we’re back. Hello again. We were talking about acting and getting involved. We were away doing that story and I don't know. There's a commercial for some sort of hard cider or something with Captain Picard, and he says, “I'm not acting” and then, “Will somebody give me a line”. The thing is, I’ve never quite understood that commercial but that's just me. (Deb) I think acting up would be what my mom would have told me. Yes, there's acting, and then there's acting up, and I think acting up is what Frank and I do here. (Frank) Yes, okay. We're going to go way out to western Kansas next and we're going to go Colby. Have you ever been to Colby? It's really out there, it's upon the High Plains but it's not too far off the interstate. Anyway, there's a museum there that you really have to go see. (Deb) You do and Colby is right there on I-70 and it's one of the last stops before you get to Colorado, and of course, everybody stops there at the Oasis and goes to the Starbucks. And if you do that, you can go over to the Prairie Museum. I can't say enough about this museum, you will be blown away. And I know I say that a lot but your jaw will drop when you go in and see the Kuska collection in this museum, and that's just one piece of what's there. (Frank) Well, and if you're saying, “To see one museum, you've seen them all”. (Deb) No. (Frank) No, because this place, there's a lot of acreage there, and there's a sod house. I mean it's really a cool place to stop and really have a serious look around. And the collections in there, you're not going to believe. (Deb) And they have a little exhibit to Sam Ramey who is a native of Colby, and it was one of the nominees for the Kansas Music Hall of Fame this year. So another little plug there. Again, just when you think you have western Kansas pegged or maybe more rural Kansas, you've got this world-class opera singer from Little Bitty Colby out there on the High Plains. (Frank) Well now, because up in South Dakota, everybody says, “Well, you got to go to Wall Drug and Wall Drug is right out in the middle of nowhere”. (Deb) Okay, that really is nowhere, yes. (Frank) Now, the thing is no, this museum is not out in the middle of nowhere. It's right there and it deserves a stop. (Deb) It does. You will thank us. You will write us letters and thank us when you go in this museum and see how great it was. I promise. (Frank) So I'm going to tell you the story. Experience early prairie life in a sod house, a one-room school, a country church and a 1930s farmstead as you discover 24-acres of outdoor exhibits of the Prairie Museum of Art and History. Among those is the Cooper Barn, the largest in Kansas and one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Architecture. All of which would be enough reason to stop and explore, but the main building holds some surprising treasures! With more than 21,000 square feet, it was designed by architect George Kuska to house his parents' extensive collection. George's Dad came to Colby in 1913 as an agronomist for the Colby Branch Experiment Station, what is now Kansas State. In 1917, he married Nellie McVey, a Colby schoolteacher originally from Hill City. She spent her entire life collecting and was even given the opportunity to talk about her acquisitions and hobby on her own radio program. Her lifelong passion for collecting began at the age of seven when she received an antique bisque doll dated from 1887. It was a reward for learning her multiplication tables. The couple continued to add to her collections and in 1957; Joe and Nellie moved to California and opened the Kuska Museum. They operated the museum until Nellie's death in 1973. The entire collection was later donated to the people of Thomas County, Kansas, by the Kuska Foundation. It took more than three of the largest moving vans to transport seventeen tons of artifacts from California to Colby. The Smithsonian and other experts appraised the collection at a value of more than one million dollars in 1975. The museum is located on Interstate-70 in between exits 53 and 54, and hosts annual programs and activities designed for both children and adults in addition to its regular exhibits.
Roxie Yonkey's Artist Reception, Colby, KS
Roxie Yonkey tells stories about her photographs on exhibit at Prairie Museum of Art and History, Colby, KS
Sleep Inn & Suites Colby in Colby KS
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Lunder family donates art collection to Colby Art Museum
(Boston Globe) Colby Art Museum reopens to inaugurate the Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion to showcase the Lunder's classical and contemporary art collections.
Around Kansas - September 7, 2016
(Frank) Today Around Kansas starts with Living Historian Marla Matkin, who brings together a love of history and theatre to tell stories of the west. Next learn about the Prairie Museum of Art and History in Colby with a collection that includes the Cooper Barn, one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Architecture. Then enjoy a poem from Ron Wilson and we’ll end with the Devil’s Claw, an edible wild plant, if you’re adventurous!
Kansas
In the heart of the Old West, where Marshall Wyatt Earp represented the law and thousands of settlers started their journey to the West in their covered wagons, lies the state of Kansas. #50states #KS
Deputy Public Affairs Officer Kellee Farmer leads you through the wind-swept plains, that became famous through the book and film “The Wizard of Oz,” and where the “Wild West” can still be felt, to the beauty of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.
A Day in the Life of Colby Kansas Trailer with soundtrack
A trailer for my brother Chace and I's film.
History in Kansas
There's No Place Like Kansas! Explore our legacy of leadership and freedom at Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area in eastern Kansas and at the Kansas State Capitol or Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka.
Museum Kansas National Guard
The Museum of the Kansas National Guard, located in Topeka, Kansas, is dedicated to preserving the heritage of the Kansas National Guard and honoring the memories of the soldiers and airmen who, for over 145 years, have served Kansas and the United States whenever the call was made. The Museum has over 125 inside displays and 35 outside equipment displays documenting the history of the organization from virtually every conflict from the Civil War to the more recent peacekeeping actions in Bosnia.
This is Part Two of a two-part series on museums in the Topeka, Kansas area.
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- High Plains Museum
- First Infantry Division Museum
- Eisenhower Museum
- Eisenhower Childhood Home
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What is American culture in Kansas?
A film by Eric Scherbarth as part of the Kansas week (Nov. 28 to Dec. 4) of Cultures in Harmony's What is American culture? project:
Including visits to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Flint Hills Discovery Museum, Hays House, and Watkins Museum, in Lawrence, Council Grove, and Manhattan. Background music includes Souvenir d'Amerique by Vieuxtemps, Postlude by Lera Auerbach, and National Anthem arr. William Harvey.
Around Kansas - Fossils August 15, 2018
From the Kansas Flint Hills to the east, small invertebrate fossils are widespread in the limestones that crop out in road cuts and stream banks. In the smoky Hills region, the fence post limestone is loaded with clams and the Niobrara Schrock contains clams, oysters as well as larger vertebrates including fishes, sharks, and
large swimming reptiles called mosasaurs and plesiosaurs. Cayuse website GeoKansas is a great resource for information and fossil field trips.
Around Kansas - Tribute to Cally Krallman - May 17, 2017
(Frank) Here we are again. We really haven’t said anything about where our studio is today. We, of course, are at the Dillon House, which is right across from the State Capitol and an historic home that’s been converted into actually a meeting venue. (Deb) Yes, an events center. There are offices for Pioneer Group upstairs. (Frank) Yes. And so they allow us to come in here and do our shows. (Deb) Yes, bless their hearts. (Frank) Sure. (Deb) And it’s beautiful. I believe the arrangement behind us, I have to give a shout out to David Porterfield; Porterfield has just an amazing talent and creativity. Speaking of talent and creativity, that leads to our next person, Cally Krallman. Cally has been my friend for a long time. A few weeks ago I was the speaker for the annual meeting at the, gosh, don’t let me get this wrong, the Prairie Museum of Art and History; I hope that’s the right name, in Colby. But it’s the museum there. Cally’s art is on display there right now and it’s in galleries just all over the place, not only in Kansas, but also in other places. If you do First Friday Artwalk in Topeka, you will see Cally’s art at Beauchamp's or at the - (Frank) SouthWind. (Deb) - or at SouthWind with her friend Gary Blitsch, or just any number of places. She’s just amazing. She’s prolific and just an amazingly talented person and a singer, songwriter and just incredible. Just another one of the amazing people we know Around Kansas. Cally Krallman is a storyteller. Sometimes her stories are told through paintings, sometimes through song, but the message is always clear. This is a woman who is connected to the world of nature and its creative muse. She grew up as far west in Kansas as one can get without creeping over into Colorado and has lived the last several years in Topeka, a totally different landscape and people-scape, for those unfamiliar with our geography or demography. Her art reflects how she doesn't just understand Kansas, she feels Kansas - the high plains, the Flint Hills, the expanse of prairie, the intimate groves, the struggles, the victories. Cally was inspired by her aunt who was an artist. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Washburn and worked in graphic design, and is experienced in screen-printing and photography. Now a prolific songwriter, she has co-created six albums, including Prairie Glimpses: the Kansas Song Project, an album celebrating the history of Kansas with her friend, Diane Gillenwater. In a recent interview, Cally told John Pototschnik, When painting, I know within minutes if the piece is going to work. There is a flow that just happens naturally. I guess you could refer to that as inspiration. Early in my songwriting experience, the songs would just “come”. I would wake in the middle of the night and have to get up and go write the darn things down! I have many songs that are scrawled on bank receipts, napkins, and scraps of paper that were handy when lyrics would pop into head. There probably was medication for it, but I chose to embrace it instead of medicate it! Now when I write it is in more of a controlled intentional way. The beauty of my songwriting is that I don’t have to write to survive, so I can just do it when it comes. In songwriting, most of the time a chorus comes first, then I build the song around that. In painting, I look for something of beauty that I think others will relate to. Cally's paintings are a testament that she has indeed found something of beauty we can all relate to.
(Frank) Well, already we have to go. I’m Frank. (Deb) I’m Deb. (Frank) And we’ll see you somewhere - (Frank and Deb) Around Kansas.
Holiday Inn Express& Suites Colby - Colby, Kansas
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Our hotel's excellent location places the Holiday Inn Express® Colby near the best local attractions and businesses, including the Prairie Museum of Art and History. We also offer unbeatable amenities and free high-speed Internet access throughout the property.
Corporate travelers visiting Colby appreciate our hotel's modern facilities, which include a business center with computer access. We also boast a 624-square feet meeting room so that you can host any type of event. Colby Community College, Oasis Travel Center, Starbucks, Thomas County Courthouse, Citizens Medical Center and Kansas State University's Northwest Research Extension Center are also close to our location.
Visit the Prairie Museum of Art and History and submerse yourself in the area's history and the traditions of the prairie around Colby, Kansas. Our hotel's guests enjoy visiting Southwind Antiques, which boasts antiques from the early settlers of Colby. You can find an afternoon of fun at Fike Park or attend an exciting, heart-pounding race at the nearby Thomas County Speedway.
After spending the day exploring Colby, Kansas, our hotel's indoor, heated pool provides a great way to relax. You can also spend the afternoon on our sundeck while bathing in the sun's rays. Start your day off right with a workout in the fitness center, then have a delicious hot breakfast from our complimentary Express Start breakfast bar.
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MT LIGGETT - Kansas' Most Celebrated Outcast
MT Liggett has been one of my heroes since I first met him when making my documentary Red State Road Trip. He passed away last year at age 86. This clip shows his unique outspoken personality. May his memory live on. Kansas was a better place because of MT Liggett.
Short clip from our trip to the Native American History Museum
A couple of highlights from our Christmas trip to Washington D.C. in 2006 at the Native American History Museum. The music for the totem sequence is Buffalo Moon by Brule.
Sod House Collby, KS
Prairie Museum Colby, KS
Kansas Winter Backroads
The winter of 2014/15 spent with family in Rural Kansas.
Kansas
Kansas /ˈkænzəs/ KAN-zəs is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansa Native American tribe which inhabited the area. The tribe's name (natively kką:ze) is often said to mean people of the wind or people of the south wind, although this was probably not the term's original meaning. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the Eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the Western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison. Kansas was first settled by European Americans in the 1830s, but the pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery issue.
When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. government in 1854, abolitionist Free-Staters from New England and pro-slavery settlers from neighboring Missouri rushed to the territory to determine whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state. Thus, the area was a hotbed of violence and chaos in its early days as these forces collided, and was known as Bleeding Kansas. The abolitionists eventually prevailed and on January 29, 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a free state. After the Civil War, the population of Kansas grew rapidly when waves of immigrants turned the prairie into farmland. Today, Kansas is one of the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, sorghum, and sunflowers. Kansas is the 15th most extensive and the 34th most populous of the 50 United States.
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Kansas (listen) is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name (natively kką:ze) is often said to mean people of the (south) wind although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison.
Kansas was first settled by European Americans in 1812, in what is now Bonner Springs, but the pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery debate. When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. government in 1854 with the Kansas–Nebraska Act, abolitionist Free-Staters from New England and pro-slavery settlers from neighboring Missouri rushed to the territory to determine whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state. Thus, the area was a hotbed of violence and chaos in its early days as these forces collided, and was known as Bleeding Kansas. The abolitionists prevailed, and on January 29, 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a free state. After the Civil War, the population of Kansas grew rapidly when waves of immigrants turned the prairie into farmland.
By 2015, Kansas was one of the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans. Kansas, which has an area of 82,278 square miles (213,100 square kilometers) is the 15th-largest state by area and is the 34th most-populous of the 50 states with a population of 2,911,641. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans. Mount Sunflower is Kansas's highest point at 4,041 feet (1,232 meters).
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