Kansas State Capitol - Online tour - William Allen White

William Allen White by Peter "Fritz" Felten, second floor rotunda, southwest corner

William Allen White (1868-1944) was known as the “Sage of Emporia.” White was a newspaper publisher and received Pulitzer Prizes in 1923 and 1947.

"When anything is going to happen in this country, it happens first in Kansas."

—William Allen White, Emporia, 1922