Journey Stories

Journey stories - tales of how we got "here" - are as American as apple pie.  Why did our ancestors come to America? Why did our families choose Kansas as home? The exhibition combined America's transportation history (trails, trains, wagons, cars, airplanes, and trucks) with the innovative ways people have used transportation to find their place. The exhibit included stories of people coming in search of promise in a new country; stories of individuals and families relocating in search of fortune, their own homestead, or employment; the harrowing journey of Africans and Native Americans forced to move; and, of course, fun on the open road.

Journey Stories Kansas Tour Schedule

Lindsborg
McPherson County Old Mill Museum
June 26-August 9, 2009
Photo Gallery

Glasco
Glasco Community Foundation
August 14-September 27, 2009
Photo Gallery

Junction City
Geary County Historical Society and Museums
October 2-November 15, 2009
Photo Gallery

Parsons
Parsons Public Library
November 20, 2009-January 3, 2010
Photo Gallery

Colby
Prairie Museum of Art and History
January 8-February 21, 2010
Photo Gallery

Atchison
Atchison County Historical Society
February 26-April 11, 2010
Photo Gallery

A Special Thank You

The Kansas Humanities Council would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for their generous support of the Journey Stories tour through Kansas. Their gifts, at the patron level or higher, are making a difference.

Jim and Margie Braden, Clay Center
Fairlawn Plaza, Topeka

Lon Frahm, Colby

Mike Kautsch, Lawrence, In Memory of Mickey Lynn

Julie Mulvihill, Perry

John and Ardith Pierce, Lawrence

Joe Pierron and Diana Carlin Pierron, Lawrence

Jim Rhine, Manhattan

Support for the Journey Stories Kansas Tour was provided by: