Sunflower Journeys 1990 Season
#301 SANTA FE TRAIL
Trail Ride: Riding along the trail near Council Grove
Voices of the Trail: Travelers' accounts of their experiences
Fort Larned: Life on a frontier army outpost in central Kansas
#302 FORT RILEY
Cavalry Days: History of cavalry regiments trained at the fort
The Big Red "1": Training of the modern Army's 1st Infantry Division
Nervous Neighbors: Controversial proposal to expand the fort's land base
#303 GLACIATED REGION
Iowa Tribe Powwow: Annual event on the tribe's reservation in NE Kansas
Pony Express: Young riders carrying the mail across the frontier
Houses, Hay Hoods & Headstones: Clues to the settlement of the region
#304 FLINT HILLS
Cowboys in Action: The changing role of the cowboy in cattle grazing
Prairie Women: A ranch where women are invited to take care of business
Z-Bar Ranch: Proposal to turn a ranch into a living history site
#305 RED HILLS
Trail Ride: On horseback across the hills of south central Kansas
Spelunkers: Kansas Speleological Society explores life underground
Ranch Rodeo: A competitive event in Medicine Lodge for working cowboys
#306 SMOKY HILLS
Pipe Creek Shirts: A screen-printing business on a family's farm
Fossil Hunting: Debating the ethics of collecting fossils for sale
Sternberg Museum: Collection of specimen from the era of shallow seas
#307 SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
Legacy of Lead: Environmental hazards left from lead and zinc mining
Little Balkans: Ethnicity encouraged independence in southeast Kansas
Sporting Clays: A sport for shotgun shooters in the Chautauqua Hills
#308 HIGH PLAINS
Wild West: The premiere of the 1939 feature film called "Dodge City"
West of Wichita: Experiences of pioneers who settled western Kansas
Big Birds: Ranchers raising ostriches as a new breed of livestock
#309 OSAGE CUESTAS
Reb Russell: A Coffeyville native who was an early cowboy matinee star
Coal Miners: Mining the shallow coal seams of east central Kansas
Rail Trails: Turning abandoned rail lines into hiking/biking trails
#310 WELLINGTON-MCPHERSON LOWLANDS
Cherokee Strip: Staging a land rush into Indian Territory in 1893
Jim Lehrer: Co-anchor of The NewsHour recalls his youth in Kansas
After the Tornado: Mennonite Disaster Service responds to a tornado
#311 ARKANSAS RIVER LOWLANDS
A Garden City: Early history of irrigation along the Arkansas River
River Rift: Dispute with Colorado goes to the Supreme Court
River of Sand: Examining the decline of stream flow in western Kansas
#312 RAILROAD HISTORY
Agricultural Demonstration Trains: Rolling exhibits on the Santa Fe
Passenger Service: Changes in passenger trains over the years
Newton Depot: Remodeling project that preserves an historic structure
#313 COMMUNICATORS
Peggy of the Flint Hills: Author of a popular newspaper column
Small Town News: Kurt Kessinger and The Osage County Chronicle
Magic Lantern Slides: A rare collection of hand-painted slides
Revised: 5/14/97