Discover everything about Kansas, the Sunflower State, including its history as a battleground during the Civil War, its ...

The historical society is also planning an event, the 1st Annual Behind the Walls, a car show, which will take place inside the walls of the Kansas State Penitentiary on Sept. 28, 2024, from 10 a ...

A copy of a photo of the gallows at the historic, Kansas State Penitentiary, also called the Lansing Correctional Facility, which closed in 2020.

For its 150th anniversary, the Kansas Historical Society looks back at how it has told the state’s stories Other News. Jan 25, 2025 - 7:24pm ...

KCMO was incorporated in 1853, even before Kansas became a state, in 1861. In October 1872 small towns around present-day KCK joined up to form Kansas City, Kansas.