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"A Discovery that Touched Me Deeply: Hogg Town, An All-Black Kansas Settlement"
Posted Friday November 17, 2023
Ustaine Talley's Research: A Welcome Addition to Kansas Black History
Posted Saturday August 12, 2023
Book Award Process in Hiatus while Work Continues on Black History Trail
Posted Friday July 14, 2023
We are pausing our annual book awards while we work on establishing a Black History Trail in Geary County, Kansas. The board of Prairie Heritage and the Book Awards Committee are volunteering full time with the Black History Trail of Geary County, Inc.--an exciting project that involves building a multi-ethnic coalition of organizations and individuals in support of telling the previously untold stories of African Americans in the Flint Hills of Kansas. ...
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Black History Trail of Geary County Launches First Site
Posted Friday May 5, 2023
Black History Trail starts with VFW Post No. 8773 as first site
By Ryan D. Wilson, Union Publisher May 3, 2023
In unveiling the first site for the Black History Trail, retired Sergeant Major and buffalo soldier Jim Sands teared up as this was culmination of a lifelong dream for his friend who....Read More: https://www.junctioncityunion.com/lifestyles/movies/black-history-trail-starts-with-vfw-post-no-8773-as-first-site/article_ac257e2c-e9c8-11ed-97d5-bfc5760b3710.html
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How to Submit Books for Prairie Heritage Book Award
Posted Tuesday August 9, 2022
Deadline extended. How to submit.
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Juneteenth Cook-out and Wildflower Walk:
Posted Tuesday May 31, 2022
Bird Runner Wildlife Refuge will partner with Prairie Heritage, Inc. and Junction City Juneteenth Community Association to host students from the Job Corps for an evening on the prairie. The Job Corps students come from all over the country and in some cases the world, and we want to welcome them heartily to the Flint Hills! This event is the beginning of the Juneteenth season in the Flint Hills, to be followed by a screening of "This Is ...
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Submissions for the Book Award Accepted until July 31, 2022.
Posted Tuesday May 31, 2022
Authors or publishers may apply by sending two copies of the book to Prairie Heritage Book Award, 11003 Lower McDowell Rd., Junction City, KS 66441.
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Geary County African American History Trail
Posted Wednesday December 1, 2021
Prairie Heritage is collecting information on sites for a Geary County African American History Trail.
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Wavy Leaf World: Visitors to Cirsium Undulatum
Posted Wednesday September 8, 2021
The Tall Thistles are blooming! Thistles get a bad rap because of non-native, invasive species, such as Musk Thistle and Bull Thistle, which have been declared legally Noxious Weeds and must be removed. But our native thistles, such as Wavy-Leaf Thistle (Cirsium undulatum) and Tall Thistle (Cirsium altissimum), are vibrant parts of our ecosystem.
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Shift Change: Winter, Summer, Year-round Birds
Posted Monday June 7, 2021
There are a few days in spring when birds overlap--the winter residents are still here, summer residents arrive, migrants from the south pass through, and everybody joins the year-round birds! That's what's shown here: The Harris Sparrows and White-crowned Sparrows are still splashing in the creek, getting ready to head north, while the year-round Song Sparrow also has a bath The year-round cardinal and goldfinch are sprucing up for the breeding ...
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