As an established educator of Natural Science, Isaac Goodnow lead a group of sixty New Englanders, sponsored by the anti-slavery New England Emigrant Aid Company, to a frontier settlement in 1855 Kansas territory, their purpose being to vote to make Kansas a free state and not a slave state.

Presenter Phil Anderson has 45 years teaching at the high school, private college, public college, and university level. Final 31 years at KSU. First Director of KSU Honor & Integrity System. Presently on Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board, the Historic Resources Board, and a Trustee of the Riley County Historic Museum. Also, presently advocating for a walking/biking connection from downtown Manhattan to the Kansas riverfront.