NEW Season Coming Sept. 22
Kansas has a history of many people: Native Americans, European explorers, freed Africans, and a philanthropist whose legacy helps towns thrive today. Learn how our fossil record lives on and which town transforms into a baseball mecca annually.
Premieres SUN SEPT 22
ALL NEW episodes
SUNDAYS at 6 PM
Rebroadcast - FRI at 1:30 PM and SAT at 6 PM
Season 5 Episodes
9/22 - Kansas Fossils and a New Generation
9/29 - Battle of the Buffalo Soldiers
10/6 - K-18 baseball series in Lucas, KS
10/13 - Legacy in Stone
10/20 - Bird City Tri-State Antique Engine and Thresher Museum
10/27 - Art and the Native Experience
11/3 - Cattle Industry
11/10 - They Call the Thing Rodeo
11/17 - The Spark of Pawnee Fork
11/24 - Dane G. Hansen
12/1 - Antiquing
12/8 - A High Plains Holiday
Season 5
Explore the Great Plain’s rich past with archeologist and cowboy historian Don Rowlison. Click below to watch each episode with Smoky Hills PBS Passport. Watch more episodes on your smart TV with the PBS app or stream on PBS.org.
Join us as we look at the efforts of passing on the study of Kansas’ fossil deep records.
Let’s take a look at the creation of the first all-black military units.
Join us as we look at the long-standing tournament that turns a small town into a Mecca.
Explore how early cattle drives and open range ranches evolved the cattle industry.