- Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Museum dedicated to Amelia Earhart, the pioneering woman aviator. Located at her birthplace: Atchison, Kansas.
www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org
- B-29 All Veterans Memorial
Dedicated to creating a memorial to the B-29 Base that was stationed in Pratt, Kansas during World War II.
www.prairiebombers.com
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
Commemorating the Supreme Court decision aimed at ending segregation in public schools, saying that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
www.nps.gov/brvb
- Buster Keaton Museum
Hometown museum dedicated to the Great Stone Face of comedy.
www.busterkeatonmuseum.org
- Coffey County
Information and history.
skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/coffey/index.html
- Coffey County Historical Society & Museum
Preserving the heritage and history of Coffey County, Kansas.
www.coffeycountymuseum.org
- Dodge City Cattle Trails & Tales
Includes 700 newspaper articles published between October 1876 and June 1877 that chronicle Dodge City's reign as "Queen of the Cowtowns."
www.readinks.info/khc
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
Preserves papers, audiovisual materials, and other historical items relating to President Eisenhower.
www.eisenhower.utexas.edu
- Eisenhower Center
history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/abilene/ikectr.html
- Fort Wallace Memorial Association
Maintains the Fort Wallace Museum, the Wallace Railroad House, and more.
www.fortwallace.org
- Historic Forts of Western Kansas
Fort Hays, Fort Larned, and Fort Dodge, three historic frontier forts in Western Kansas which all worked together in the 1860s and are now historic tourism sites.
www.kansasfrontierforts.com
- Historic Preservation Alliance of Wichita and Sedgwick County
members.cox.net/wichitahpa
- Historical Directory of Kansas Towns Index
www.ukans.edu/heritage/towns/hdkt/hdkt.html
- I, Witness to History
Specializes in preserving life stories and histories of America's elderly.
www.iwitnesstohistory.org
- In Pursuit of Freedom & Equality
Information about Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and exhibit devoted to African American public schools in Kansas from 1855 to 1955.
www.brownvboard.org
- Johnson County
Genealogy research information.
skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/johnson/index.html
- Kansas GenWeb Project@
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Genealogy
- Kansas Heritage Center for Family and Local History
Browse through information covering a wide variety of topics related to Kansas history; submissions of relevant material welcome for possible inclusion into the archives.
www.ku.edu/heritage
- Kansas Heritage Server
www.ku.edu/heritage
- Kansas History and Historical Markers
Lists background and location of the state's historical markers.
skyways.lib.ks.us/history
- Kansas Pioneer List
history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/pioneers/pion_main.html
- Kansas POW's at Camp Ford, TX 1863-1865
Offers a list of prisoners.
www.ku.edu/heritage/research/campford.html
- Kansas State Historical Society
Administers historic sites, museums, and other activities throughout Kansas.
www.kshs.org
- Kansas Territory: Crucible of American Experience
Includes background on John Brown and the Pottawatomie Creek Killings, General Jim Lane, and William Quantrill and the Lawrence Massacre.
xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/Kansas/Kansas.html
- Kansas Volunteers in the Spanish-American War
Including a short history, rosters, and Medal of Honor recipients.
skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/archives/statewide/military/ks20.htm
- Kansas World War II Historical Society
Brings together people with an interest in the civilian and military history of the period. Includes photos, re-enacting information, member directory, veterans profiles, and links.
www.ww2historicalsociety.net
- Kansas World War II Veterans Page
Preserving untold stories of those who lived during the World War II era.
www.usd230.k12.ks.us/PICTT
- Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854@
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Kansas_Nebraska_Act_1854
- Museum of the Kansas National Guard
Online military research archives and general information about the entire history of the Kansas National Guard.
skyways.lib.ks.us/museums/kng
- Official Location of Little House on the Prairie
Official historic site of the house made famous by Laura Ingalls Wilder's books.
www.littlehouseontheprairie.com
- Orphan Trains of Kansas
Tells the story of the 5,000-6,000 children that were placed in Kansas homes between 1867 and 1930.
www.kancoll.org/articles/orphans
- Osage County Historical Society, Inc. & Genealogical Research Center
Repository of county records, newspapers, obituaries, and other histories.
www.osagechs.org
- Quantrill's Raid@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Community/History
- Steaming West
Collection of materials from the University of Kansas Libraries devoted to railway activity in the state from 1860 to 1890.
wt.diglib.ku.edu
- The Kansas Collection
Presents works on Kansas including Cutler's History of the State of Kansas and the Kansas Historical Quarterly as well as first-person accounts and reminiscences.
www.kancoll.org
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