Kansas ( KAN-zəss) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, in turn named after the Kansa people. Its capital is Topeka, and its most populous city is Wichita; however, the largest urban area is the bi-state Kansas City metropolitan area split between Kansas and Missouri.
For thousands of years, what is now known as Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Indigenous tribes. The first settlement of non-indigenous people in Kansas occurred in 1827 at Fort Leavenworth. The pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery debate. When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. government in 1854 with the Kansas–Nebraska Act, conflict between abolitionist Free-Staters from New England and pro-slavery settlers from neighboring Missouri broke out over the question of whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state, in a period known as Bleeding Kansas. On January 29, 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a free state, hence the unofficial nickname "The Free State". Passage of the Homestead Acts in 1862 brought a further influx of settlers, and the booming cattle trade of the 1870s attracted some of the Wild West's most iconic figures to western Kansas.
As of 2015, Kansas was among the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans. In addition to its traditional strength in agriculture, Kansas possesses an extensive aerospace industry. Kansas, which has an area of 82,278 square miles (213,100 square kilometers) is the 15th-largest state by area, the 36th most-populous of the 50 states, with a population of 2,940,865 according to the 2020 census, and the 10th least densely populated. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans. Mount Sunflower is Kansas's highest point at 4,039 feet (1,231 meters). (Full article...)
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The governor of Kansas is the head of state of Kansas and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kansas Legislature, to convene the legislature at any time, and to grant pardons.
Since becoming a state, Kansas has had 48 governors. The state's longest-serving governors were Robert Docking, John W. Carlin, and Bill Graves, each of whom served 8 years (Docking served four two-year terms; Carlin and Graves each served 2 4-year terms). The shortest-serving governor was John McCuish, who served only 11 days after the resignation of Fred Hall. (Full article...)
- July–August 1541
- Coronado explores Kansas
- April 30, 1803
- Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed
- May 30, 1854
- Kansas Territory organized
- July 29, 1859
- Constitution adopted by convention
- January 29, 1861
- Kansas becomes 34th state
- August 21, 1863
- Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence
- Spring 1879
- Exodusters
- February 19, 1881
- First state to Constitutionally prohibit alcohol
- 1890s
- Populist Revolt
- July 1951
- Great Flood of 1951
- May 17, 1954
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Greensburg is a city in and the county seat of Kiowa County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population of the city was 740. It is home to the world's largest hand-dug well.
On the evening of May 4, 2007, Greensburg was devastated by an EF5 tornado that obliterated at least 95 percent of the city, killing eleven people between the ages of 46 and 84. The community had a population of 2,000 people in the late 1990s, and 1,400 people before the tornado leveled the city. Some people did not want to come back, or rebuild the community, or build green. By 2010, over half of Greensburg's population before the tornado had moved away from the city. Today, Greensburg stands as a model "green town", often described as the greenest in America. The hospital, city hall, and school have all been built to the highest certification level issued by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). (Full article...)
The following are images from various Kansas-related articles on Wikipedia.
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Image 1Gove County Badlands. (from Kansas)
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Image 2Spring River, Kansas. (from Kansas)
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Image 3Map of counties in Kansas by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census.
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Image 4Cedar Point Mill, built in 1875 in Cedar Point, on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Kansas)
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Image 5The Rio Theatre, Overland Park (from Kansas)
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Image 8Downtown Wichita in the winter. (from Kansas)
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Image 9NRC workers at the Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant in Burlington. (from Kansas)
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Image 10Temporary quarters for Volga Germans in central Kansas, 1875 (from History of Kansas)
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Image 11Boosterism: cover of a promotional booklet published in 1907 by the Rock Island railroad (from History of Kansas)
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Image 12Ethnic origins in Kansas. (from Kansas)
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Image 13Rev. Richard Cordley, the first graduate of the University of Kansas, and nicknamed "The Abolition Preacher", due to his strong views against slavery, and his influence on Kansas's founding as a free state. (from Kansas)
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Image 14Map of Kansas and Missouri with Kansas City metro counties. (from Kansas)
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Image 15Population density map of Kansas in 2020. (from Kansas)
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Image 161855 Free-State poster (from History of Kansas)
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Image 17Quantrill's 1863 raid burned the town of Lawrence and killed 164 townspeople. (from History of Kansas)
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Image 19The Great Seal of the State of Kansas was established by the legislature on May 25, 1861. The design was submitted by Senator John James Ingalls. He also proposed the state motto, "Ad astra per aspera", which means "to the stars through difficulty". (from History of Kansas)
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Image 20Kansas's Monument Rocks at night.
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Image 21Pond in Osage County, Kansas. (from Kansas)
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Image 22George Armstrong Custer led U.S. troops against Native Americans in western Kansas. (from History of Kansas)
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Image 24An example of a custom Kansas rear license plate. Kansas allows residents to purchase license plates with college and university logos on them for an extra fee. (from Kansas)
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Image 25Kansas summer wheat and storm panorama. (from Kansas)
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Image 26Charles Curtis ( R) was born near Topeka and served as a State Legislator, Congressman and Senator, before becoming Vice President (1929–33). He is the only Native American elected to the Executive Branch (he was born into the Kaw Nation). (from Kansas)
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Image 27Kansas Highway Map. (from Kansas)
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Image 28The Orpheum, a historic movie theater in Wichita. (from Kansas)
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Image 29Pittsburg. (from Kansas)
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Image 30Frank Bond's illustration of the Louisiana Purchase (from History of Kansas)
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Image 31The Santa Fe Depot, a U.S. National Register of Historic Places building, in Osage City. (from Kansas)
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Image 32The Kansas Pacific main line shown on an 1869 map (from History of Kansas)
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Image 33David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium is the oldest football stadium west of the Mississippi River, and one of the oldest standing football stadiums in the country. Built in 1921, it is home to the Kansas Jayhawks football team. (from Kansas)
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Image 34The Great Plains of Kansas. (from Kansas)
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Image 35University of Kansas Strong Hall in Lawrence. (from Kansas)
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Image 37Sunflower field outside of Lawrence. (from Kansas)
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Image 38Samuel Seymour's 1819 illustration of a Kansa lodge and dance is the oldest drawing known to be done in Kansas. (from History of Kansas)
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Image 39The Cosmosphere, the world-renowned space museum in Hutchinson. (from Kansas)
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Image 40Boeing B-29 Superfortress production in Wichita in 1944 (from History of Kansas)
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Image 41Chippewa named "One-Called-From-A-Distance" (from History of Kansas)
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Image 42Standard Kansas license plate 2018-2024. (from Kansas)
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Image 431915–1918 Kansas railroad map (from Kansas)
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Image 44Fox Theater, Hutchinson. (from Kansas)
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Image 45Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City. (from Kansas)
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Image 46Map of Indian territories, 1836 (from History of Kansas)
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Image 47Kansas residents who are veterans, work as a first responder, and people who work in agriculture may request a custom plate reflecting their profession. (from Kansas)
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Image 48The Plaza Cinema in Ottawa is the oldest operating movie theater in the world. (from Kansas)
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Image 49Clouds in northeastern Kansas. (from Kansas)
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Image 50Albert Bierstadt, Western Kansas, 1875. (from Kansas)
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Image 51Reverend Charles Sheldon, Topeka resident and coiner of the phrase " What would Jesus do?". (from Kansas)
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Image 52John Brown about 1856 (from History of Kansas)
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Image 53The chalk rock badlands and cliffs in western Kansas, near Dighton. (from Kansas)
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Image 54Köppen climate types of Kansas, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Kansas)
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Image 55The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita. (from Kansas)
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