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Arbor Day: A Celebration of Trees
In 1854, J. Sterling Morton and his wife left Detroit, Michigan, for the Nebraska Territory. Trees and other plants were needed to beautify the ...

A Tale of Two Rabbits
Once upon a time there was a little girl who grew up in England. She didn’t go to school, instead being educated by a ...

Stormy Weather: A Jazz Celebration
April showers do bring May flowers, but the rain won’t last forever. So scat to the downbeat, come on and groove, just move your feet, as we ...

Authors' Tea
On January 31, 2013 the 5th - 8th grades at Turning Point Academy welcomed Ashley Todd-Diaz, ESU’s Curator of Special Collections and Archives, ...

Emporia, Kansas: From the Beginning
Photograph of a map of the city of Emporia, Kansas, 1878. The Walter M. Andersen Collection Emporia, Kansas, was founded on ...

We've got your cure for "Kansas Day Syndrome"!
According to teacher, principal, superintendent, and 1920 Kansas State Normal School graduate L. Harold Caldwell, “Kansas Day Syndrome” ...