GARNETT — Arthur Capper, a Garnett native and the first Kansas native to be elected governor, is one of the 25 most notable Kansans in history. Gov. Sam Brownback is announcing the top 25 Kansans each week in groups of five as part of the Kansas
sesquicentennial. Capper got his start in printing in Garnett. When he moved to topeka, he owned Capper’s Weekly and the Topeka Daily Capital. He also served as governor and five terms as a U.S. senator, where he pushed a bill that started 4-H. He also established what later became known as the Easter Seals Capper Foundation.
The other four Kansans are the first American Indian U.S. vice president Charles Curtis, psychiatry pioneer Karl Menninger, Kiowa war chief Satanta, and author and Topeka minister Charles Sheldon. The 25 notable Kansans were selected by the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel for History. The city of Garnett is also feting Capper as part of that city’s 150th anniversary this year.
Monday, Aug. 22, 3:30 p.m.
