European trained painter of landscapes of Kansas, Colorado and the Southwest. An interactive museum for youngsters ages 4-12 and their families.
Exhibits cover art, science, and history.
Life was difficult fro the soldiers who protected the trails and the railroad from Native Americans who resented outsiders taking the land and destroying the buffalo. The Goodnow family came from New England to find a new home and to keep slavery out of kansas Territory. They stayed and led in the educational development of the new state. The Goodnows founded the college that became Kansas State University. The GPNC is a new nature education facility in northeast Wichita, Kansas, emphasizing the flora, fauna and habitats of the Great Plains.