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BUNKER HILL, KS – The history series Cottonwood Connections is back for season four with host Don Rowlison. The half-hour docu-series airs on Smoky Hills PBS at 6 p.m. Central Time on Sundays starting March 17.
Rebroadcasts of each episode will air on Fridays at 1:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 6 p.m.
This season the show travels to various locations across Kansas including the Home on the Range cabin, one-room school houses, Historic Fort Hays, the Smoky Hill Trail, and much more.
"We are excited to be presenting another season of topics that share the rich, unique and sometimes challenging story of our state and region to Smoky Hills PBS,” said Ed Lowry, Cottonwood Connections Creator. “Don Rowlison brings a wealth of knowledge to the series and is connected with so many other people that share their expertise and experience."
The series is hosted by Don Rowlison and presented by The Friends of Cottonwood Ranch, an organization that supports the work of the Cottonwood Ranch Historic site and has the mission of encouraging historical education about the plains.
Rowlison is an archeologist who specialized in studying the pre-historic people of the plains. In 1985, he became site curator for the Cottonwood Ranch Historic Site and devoted himself to studying all the various issues that impacted people settling the region in the late 1800s. Additionally, Don is himself, a cowboy and was inducted to the Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2008 as a historian.
Seasons one, two, and three, and the documentary The Legacy of Cottonwood Ranch are available to stream anytime on Smoky Hills PBS Passport.