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Roxie Yonkey, Secret Kansas

Portrait picture, Roxie Yonkey
Roxie Yonkey

Can I tell you a secret? How about 84 of them?

That sounds like a lot. In this case, Iā€™m referring to a new book that intentionally shares such little known stories. The book is titled Secret Kansas. It is chock-full of fascinating and little-known stories about our state.

Roxie Yonkey, who we have profiled before, is an author, blogger and travel writer. A Nebraska native, she became a staff writer at a college in Virginia. She came back to the Midwest for her career in journalism, married a Kansan in Goodland, and worked in tourism for years. She found she enjoyed writing about Kansas attractions.

In 2019, Yonkey launched a website and travel blog called www.roxieontheroad.com, of which she is the CEO: that is, Chief Exploration Officer.

She continues to write and post about Kansas attractions. In 2021, Yonkey published her book titled ā€œ100 Things to Do in Kansas Before You Die,ā€ as we have previously profiled.

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