Red Rocks State Historic Site

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Red Rocks State Historic Site The home of the William Allen White family in Emporia. Red Rocks is the home of famed author and newspaperman William Allen White and his family.

Owner and publisher of the Emporia Gazette, William Allen White was a confidant, friend, and advisor to 5 U.S. Presidents who came to visit him at Red Rocks. The Gazette is still being run by the 4th generation of White's. William Allen ran for Governor of Kansas in 1932 on a third party ticket but was defeated.

09/24/2026

Kansas Reflector Editor in Chief Sherman Smith and Opinion Editor Clay Wirestone will present “Kansas Reflector and Kansas Journalism”
on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2:00 p.m., at the Red Rocks Visitor Center, 927 Exchange St. in Emporia.

Smith is the award-winning, widely read editor of the Reflector, which he founded in 2020–and a journalist with close ties to Emporia. According to the Reflector website, Smith is a three-time Kansas Press Association journalist of the year, writing about things powerful people don’t want you to know. He is the winner of an A-Mark for investigative reporting. Kansas Reflector is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.

Wirestone’s recently released book “Opinionated: Kansas Journalists Who Proved Why Commentary Matters, Then and Now ” makes significant mention of William Allen White, and will be available for purchase at the event. His work, according to the Reflector website, has appeared in more than 200 outlets in 30 states.

Address

927 Exchange Street
Emporia, KS
66801

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

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+16203422800

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