Patricia Michaelis

Sep 16, 2024 | lawrencebusinessmagazine.com | Patricia Michaelis

story byphotos Douglas County Historical Society, Watkins Museum of History OPEN A PDF OF THE ARTICLE“Hollywood Comes to Lawrence” was the title in the Lawrence Journal World advertisements promoting the world premiere of “Dark Command,” a movie loosely based on Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence in 1863. The stars of the film, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon, Gene Autry and others arrived in Lawrence on April 3, 1940, via the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.

Jun 19, 2024 | lawrencebusinessmagazine.com | Patricia Michaelis

How does a boy who grew up on the plains of north-central Illinois and the prairies of southwest Kansas become a world-renowned astronomer? Clyde W. Tombaugh, who discovered the planet Pluto, described how it began in a 1986 oral history interview with George M. House, curator of the International Space Hall of Fame, at New Mexico State University (NMSU), in Las Cruces, New Mexico. In response to a question about how he got interested in astronomy, Tombaugh said it was because he enjoyed geography.

Mar 24, 2024 | lawrencebusinessmagazine.com | Patricia Michaelis

Central and Eastern Kansas experienced enormous amounts of precipitation in the summer of 1951. The area received above-normal rainfall in May and June, which caused rivers and streams to be higher than normal, ground water levels high, and the ground so saturated it could not absorb additional rainfall. Heavy rains fell in July, making the situation even worse. The Kansas River and its tributaries were filled to their banks and overflowing into the flood plain.

Dec 15, 2023 | lawrencebusinessmagazine.com | Patricia Michaelis

story byphotos Kansas State Historical Society, Kansas Memory OPEN A PDF OF THE ARTICLEMany of us recall learning about the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the United States at that time, in high school history class. The United States purchased 530,000,000 acres of territory in 1803 for $15 million from France.

Sep 19, 2023 | lawrencebusinessmagazine.com | Patricia Michaelis

story byphotos Douglas County Historical Society, Watkins Museum of History OPEN A PDF OF THE ARTICLEHaskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, is a diverse inter-tribal educational institution.