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"First-day" talent would move on to other Chautauquas, followed by the "second-day" performers, and so on, throughout the touring season. By the mid-1920s, when circuit Chautauquas were at their peak, they appeared in over 10,000 communities to audiences of more than 45 million; by about 1940 they had run their course. [18]
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. Chautauqua County was created by an act of the Kansas legislature on June 1, 1875, by the division of Howard County into Elk County (the northern half) and Chautauqua County (the southern half). At the time of its creation, the county's population was ...
There were 53 households, out of which 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.6% were married couples living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.4% were non-families. 43.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older ...
Kansas fire marshal Mark Engholm told lawmakers that a new anti-regulation law has derailed an effort to update the state fire code from 2006.
All references agree that at least these five Chautauquas have continued operations, without missing a year, from the heyday of the Chautauqua Movement (1920s or earlier) into the 21st Century: Chautauqua Institution (the original Chautauqua in New York State). Lakeside Chautauqua in Lakeside, Ohio; Monteagle Sunday School Assembly in Monteagle ...
A month-long burn ban begins Saturday in Sedgwick County.
In Kansas, 41.9% of the state’s thousands of bridges carry the “fair” rating. About 5.2%, or 1,305, of Kansas’ bridges were rated as in “poor” condition as of 2023.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Kansas. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 371 law enforcement agencies employing 7,450 sworn police officers, about 266 for each 100,000 residents.