West Building Throwback Throwback Image! This picture of the West building was taken in 1939, 100 years after the building was constructed. The site opened as a designated State Historic…

Sarah “Sallie” Bluejacket Sarah “Sallie” Bluejacket was born January 7, 1844, in Johnson County, Kansas Territory, to Charles Kal-we and Julia Ann Wah-nah-ta-the-qua Bluejacket. Her father was a Shawnee chief,…

Thomas Johnson Thomas Johnson was a controversial man, both in the past and present. He is the namesake of the most populated county in the state of the Kansas, and…

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