© 2024 Kansas Public Radio

91.5 FM | KANU | Lawrence, Topeka, Kansas City
96.1 FM | K241AR | Lawrence (KPR2)
89.7 FM | KANH | Emporia
99.5 FM | K258BT | Manhattan
97.9 FM | K250AY | Manhattan (KPR2)
91.3 FM | KANV | Junction City, Olsburg
89.9 FM | K210CR | Atchison
90.3 FM | KANQ | Chanute

See the Coverage Map for more details

FCC On-line Public Inspection Files Sites:
KANU, KANH, KANV, KANQ

Questions about KPR's Public Inspection Files?
Contact General Manager Feloniz Lovato-Winston at fwinston@ku.edu
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Name That Town! - October 6, 2017

Q: What western Kansas town is named for a former newspaper in the eastern United States?


 

A: Tribune

 

The western Kansas town of Tribune is the county seat of Greeley County. It's named after the New York Tribune, of which Horace Greeley was the editor in the mid- to late-1800s. 

 

Greeley, who encouraged western settlement, is often credited with popularizing the phrase "Go West, young man!" However, historians disagree on this attribution. Greeley County itself is named after the editor of the New York Tribune, as is the town of Horace, located near Tribune. 

 

Greeley County is the state's least populated county. The city of Tribune and Greeley County operate as a unified government, similar to the unified government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.