Travel by Historic Theme

Kansas Families

Meet some of the movers and shakers who made Kansas what it is today.

Within the museum, see the original 1860s log home of the pioneer Humbarger family.

Home of the Pratt family who brought traditions from their English homeland.

Many officers brought their families to this frontier fort.

The Goodnows' interest in education and nature is reflected in the many objects they collected.

The Grinters began their life in a trading post and prosperity brought them to his stately mansion.

Hear the footsteps of Pony Express riders and pioneers at the home of Gerat and Sophia Hollenberg.

Witness pioneer life where Brown's half-sister struggled to survive while maintaining his abolitionist principles.

The Huffakers founded this mission and later rose to prominence in this stop along the Santa Fe Trail.

These buildings, the oldest in Kansas, were important during the trail era, the Civil War, and were home to the Johnsons, a missionary family.

The White family published a Pulitzer-Prize-winning newspaper and built this stately home known as Red Rocks.