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Kansas' liquor ban was first in nation
This is one in a series of vignettes celebrating Kansas history. The series' name comes from the state motto, Ad astra per aspera: "To the stars through difficulties."
DIGEST
FDR's New Deal left its mark on Wichita
Tumbleweed didn't always roll through Kansas
Obama book names Kansas poet
KC woman influential in ending segregation
1919 coal strike caught nation's eye
An eyewitness account of the state's progress
Vigilantes fought horse thieves in Kansas, across the Old West
Kansas official led settlers to all-black communities
State's iconic symbol once considered a weed
Kansas governor stood up to Klan
Piggy banks got their start in Kansas town
Cholera invaded Kansas in mid-1860s
Floods before Big Ditch devastating to Wichita
Kansas was right route for cattle drive
Brothers invented first Gleaner
Kansan's failure at pharmacy led to oil
Kansan recounts D-Day capture
First military fight over slavery was in Kansas
Poet spent early years in Kansas
