Margaret Davis of Syracuse, Kansas took this picture of the dust storm on April 14, 1935, as it approached their house. That day would later be known as "Black Sunday," because of the seriousness of this storm.

Territorial Governor Andrew Reeder fled the territory disguised as a woodcutter because the proslavery Border Ruffians threatened to hang him.

During Operation Desert Storm, in 1990-91, soldiers had to be prepared for the possibility of chemical attack. Soldiers wore suits like these to protect themselves. In the book, Sgt. Anita Porter described her first night in the Persian Gulf. She arrived on the first day of Operation Desert Storm. That evening, chemical attack sirens forced the soldiers of her unit to bunkers where they huddled in their protective suits, wondering if they would be gassed with poisonous chemicals and if they would ever make it home again.