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Sunflower State Book Festival
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In 1873, Henry Ise brought his seventeen-year-old bride, Rosa Haag of Holton, to his homestead near Downs in Osborne County. There, they raised a large family and endured the adversities and triumphs of pioneer life. John Ise captured his parents' story in 1936's Sod and Stubble, a classic portrait of early Kansas homesteaders. Osborne County's literary heritage is part of the inspiration for the Sunflower State Book Festival, a two-day event in Osborne connecting Kansas authors and readers.
The Sunflower State Book Festival is one of over 70 KHC-supported humanities events happening in October during National Arts and Humanities Month, the largest celebration of arts and culture in the nation. This month, Kansas joins states across America to recognize the importance of the humanities and arts in our daily lives.
Visit the National Arts and Humanities Month page on the KHC website to learn more and view an interactive map of October humanities events in Kansas.
Photo from Sod and Stubble by John Ise, University Press of Kansas.
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Buffalo Hunters and the End of an Era
 Armed with specialized weapons, buffalo hunters on the Great Plains faced risks, rewards, and riches. By the mid-1880s, they had destroyed the bison herds that had once roamed from Texas to the Dakotas, ending the era of the "Wild West" and taming the landscape for population and profits. Join Sara Jane Richter at the Boot Hill Museum in Dodge City on October 16 as she reconciles the decimation of the bison with the fact that it was adopted as our state animal seventy years later in 1955. Buffalo Hunters and the End of an Era is one of over 70 Kansas-themed presentations available in KHC's Statehood Speakers Bureau catalog.
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