Central Kansas Library System

"Winds whipped dark clouds of dust across the dry, open croplands of the Great Plains. How did this tragedy begin and what took the country through the worst of this extreme drought in the Dust Bowl? Learn about this trying time with easy-to-understand content tied to the curriculum of upper-elementary and middle school students written at a 2nd to 3rd grade reading level. Dyslexia friendly font and design make learning accessible and a recap at the...

A family travels to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house and meet a friendly neighbor.

For Semus Donegan, with a wife and infant son back in Fort Laramie, the campaign following the Army's defeat at the Little Big Horn is a frozen trek through an unforgiving land to face a battle to capture or kill the Lakota Chief Crazy Horse and his one thousand braves.