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


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