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  1. This day in 1920: Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, who had taken a hiatus to study/practice osteopathic medicine, returned to KU to coach bball.
  2. January, 1963: Newly built AT&SF Railway Shock Control boxcars in Topeka http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/50648/r/tw
  3. Museum/Historical Society offices closing for the day. Get your history fix online 2day kansasmemory.org - lots of historic blizzard pics
  4. January 1909: KS photog Halbe snapped photos of his children in the snow in Dorrance. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/1606/r/tw
  5. This day in 1855: Josiah Miller established the Kansas Free State newspaper in Lawrence http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/3777/r/tw
  6. Cool Things podcast: A cigar smokin, hoe totin doll made out of a sugar sack! http://www.kshs.org/audiotours/coolthings/index.htm
  7. This day in 1958: Free-State Legislative Council met in Lecompton, KS http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/722/r/tw
  8. 70 years ago: Ruth Billard and Mrs. Burgess ride in a one horse open sleigh in Topeka, KS http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/215080/r/tw
  9. This day in 1936: Frontier photographer Francis Marion Steele died in Dodge City. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/8342
  10. This day in 1902: Alice Gardiner Sennrich opened her photo studio in Valley Falls. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/218190/r/tw
  11. New Year Countdown: Strike up the band! http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209601/r/tw
  12. New Year Countdown: Dancing at a Wichita recreation center, 1930s-40s http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209561/r/tw
  13. New Year Countdown: 1874 dance house http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209713/r/tw
  14. New Year Countdown: Dance hall in Ensign, Kansas, 1913 http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/217386/r/tw
  15. New Year Countdown: Party at a Junction City recreation center, 1930s-40s http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209512/r/tw
  16. New Year Countdown: 1872 Dodge City Dance Hall http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/641/r/tw
  17. New Year Countdown: Topeka's Old Mill Dance Hall, 1920s http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/214888/r/tw
  18. New Year Countdown: Dancing at a Leavenworth recreation center, 1930s-40s http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209535/r/tw
  19. New Year Countdown: Teens dancing in Leavenworth http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209076/r/tw
  20. New Year Countdown: Soldiers and sailors dancing in Kansas City http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209552/r/tw