Allana Saenger finds connections between the modern day Paxico Blues Festival and the African American population of early Wabaunsee County. She describes the tradition of church singing in black congregations with vivid ...

Lorraine Reimers examines the life of Ethel Morgan, an African American quilter and oral historian from Wabaunsee County. Throughout her long life, in which she raised a large family and clothed them all by hand, Ethel ...

Phil Cunningham provides a bio-sketch of former African American Union soldier John Sullivan, who farmed in southern Wabaunsee County in the 1880s. A member of the 101st Tennessee Colored Infantry, formed in western Tennessee ...