12. What is a denominational college? Name some of the most important of the denominational colleges in Kansas.
13. What other opportunities for education have been provided?
CHAPTER XVIII
KANSAS MEMORIALS
Significance of Kansas History. Kansas is a comparatively new State. Nearly all of its history has been made within little more than a century, and most of it within the sixty years of its period of settlement. Few states, however, have had a more eventful history. From its beginning Kansas has been a place of action. The pages of its history are filled with wars and battles, with stirring adventure, and with deeds of courage and daring. Nearly every part of the State has its places of historic interest, and the names of men and women who should be honored for good and brave deeds would make a long list.
The people of Kansas are proud of the history of their State and desire to preserve it. To that end they have taken steps to save a number of the old landmarks, they have built many monuments, and have gathered and kept many records of the past.
“Of all the states, but three will live in story;
Old Massachusetts with her Plymouth Rock,