Kansas Territorial
Sesquicentennial Commission
Official Projects
This listing contains the official projects presented
by the Kansas Territorial Sesquicentennial Commission and their partners.
Special Exhibit - Willing
to Die for Freedom: A Look Back at Kansas Territory
April 3 - October 31, 2004
Kansas Museum of History
Sponsored by the Kansas Bar Association
Gala - Kansas
Territorial Sesquicentennial Commission
April 2, 2004
Kansas History Center and Museum
Sponsored by Washburn University and Glazers of Kansas
Family Event - Return
to the Territory
April 3, 2004
Kansas History Center and Museum
Sponsored by Security Benefit Group of Companies and WIBW-TV
Chautauquas - "Bleeding
Kansas: Where the Civil War Began"
June 2004
Junction City, Colby, Fort Scott, and Lawrence
Presented by the Kansas Humanities Council
Tree Plantings
April - October 2004
Sponsored by the Kansas Bankers Association and Mr. and Mrs. William
L. Oliver
Art
Contest
Kansas students participate in a special territorial art project. Selected
entries will be exhibited at the Kansas History Center. Project timetable
has not yet been set.
Kansas
Territorial Bibliography
An online resource to help libraries and readers learn more about Kansas
Territory
 Territorial
Kansas Reader
The Territorial Kansas Reader, edited by
Virgil W. Dean, director for publications at the Kansas State Historical
Society, pulls together 22 of the most important essays and edited documents
on the history of the era. Available for purchase through the Museum
Store.
Read Kansas! Cards
 K-12
students will explore the many different topics related to Kansas Territory
through colorful reading cards to meet the curricular standards. Sponsored
by the the Kansas Health Foundation, the Kansas State Department of
Education, and the Kansas State Historical Society.
Read Kansas! A Library Program
March - September 2004
In cooperation with Kansas Center for the Book's W.O.W. Mobile (Words
on Wheels)
Regional
Commemorations
Four events held in Olathe, Garden City, Wichita, and Colby
Special
Issues
 Kansas
History: A Journal of the Central Plains, Spring/Summer 2004
This scholarly journal features essays on territorial Kansas for history
enthusiasts. Published by the Kansas State Historical Society, Inc.
 Kansas
Heritage, Spring 2004
Published by the Kansas State Historical Society, Inc.
 Kansas
Kaleidoscope, October/December 2003
Written especially for the fourth - sixth grade reader, this full-color
16-page magazine explores Kansas Territory. Produced as a special issue
of Kansas Kaleidoscope.
Teacher Training
One-day workshops on Territorial
Kansas Online
October 2003 - May 2004
Sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education and the Kansas
State Historical Society
Traveling Exhibit
First
Blood explores the interesting characters of Kansas Territory.
Available through KITES (Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibit Service).
Created by the Kansas Humanities Council and Kansas State Historical
Society - No longer available
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