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Cottonwood Connections

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. 

Rodeo episode 8

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.

Kansas Fossils and a New Generation

Join us as we look at the efforts of passing on the study of Kansas’ fossil deep records.

Battle of the Buffalo Soldiers

Let’s take a look at the creation of the first all-black military units.

K-18 Series

Join us as we look at the long-standing tournament that turns a small town into a Mecca.

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