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Great Pumpkins Keep Family Traditions Alive, Even Through A Pandemic

By | October 28, 2021 |

Sophie Blank (left) and brother Calvin pick pumpkins at Johnson Farm every year.

More than 80% of Americans plan to buy at least one pumpkin each fall. Like turkey on Thanksgiving or singing at Christmas, the pumpkin patch has become a family tradition for many.

How a Meatpacking Plant Changed One Kansas Town 40 Years Ago and Left a Colorado Community Behind

By | October 27, 2021 |

Local government officials and meatpacking executives shovel dirt at the groundbreaking of the meatpacking plant just outside Garden City in 1979.

Four decades ago, a town in Kansas and a town in Colorado competed to become home to a giant meatpacking plant that, at the time, was the largest of its kind in the world. Here’s what has happened to them since.

Feedback: Bygone Record Store Still Echoes in Heart of Kansas

By | September 17, 2021 |

An interior view of House of Sight and Sound

House of Sight and Sound left a lasting legacy in the Salina, Kansas, music scene.

Missouri’s Bicentennial Quilt Stitches Together a State With Many Splits

By | August 11, 2021 |

Rosalie Gilbert says her husband Charles Gilbert has been a member of the State Historical Society of Missouri since his college years, and he was excited to come see its bicentennial exhibit in Columbia.

The Missouri bicentennial quilt seeks to bring together an often divided state by collecting local stories from each of 114 counties.

Harvesting a Bumper Crop in Agritourism

By | July 21, 2021 |

Fahrmeier Farm creates a farm destination to last all day with photo ops, snacks and toys.

Agritourism revenue tripled nationwide from 2002 to 2017, and it’s still on the rise in Kansas and Missouri.