HeyJaredRex Buchanan
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- Sep 25, 2026
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What's in a Place Name? And Where is Buttermilk, Kansas? (opens the original)
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BUTTERMILK, Kan. (KPR) - What's in a name? More specifically, what's in a place name? Kansas place names have been weighing on the mind of Commentator Rex Buchanan. For the past couple of years, especially lately, there’s been a lot of talk about place names. In part because I worked at the Kansas Geological Survey and spent lots of time looking at maps, I’ve long been intrigued by Kansas place names. One of my favorite lines during field trips went something like this. We’d drive past a river o
Some Kansas Animals, Birds and Insects Seem to be Disappearing from the Prairie (Where Is the Horny Toad?) (opens the original)
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RICE COUNTY, Kan. (KPR) - Something has been happening on the Kansas prairie. Fewer animals. Less Wildlife. And every day Kansans are starting to take notice. Commentator Rex Buchanan is one of them. Some animals get stuck with an unfortunate name. Take the horned toad. Where I grew up in the middle of Kansas, we called them horny toads. They were pretty common, especially this time of year. Their technical name: Texas Horned Lizards. And they are lizards, not toads. Reptiles. Maybe three or fou
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