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state of Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the we ...

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* Abortion in Kansas * Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 *Adjacent states: ** ** ** ** *

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...

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Kansas Department of Agriculture The Kansas Department of Agriculture is a department of the government of Kansas under the Governor of Kansas. It is responsible for providing services and expertise that promote and protect Kansas' food supply and natural resources while stimul ...

Wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

** Wine in Kansas * airports * Alcohol laws of Kansas *

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...

** Kansas military units * American West ** "Old West" or "Wild West" * Amusement parks in Kansas *

Arboreta in Kansas An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...

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316 __NOTOC__ Year 316 (Roman numerals, CCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Rufinus (or, less frequently, y ...

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785 __NOTOC__ Year 785 ( DCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The article denomination 785 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent meth ...

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Arkansas River The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the western United Stat ...

* Art museums and galleries in Kansas ** commons:Art museums and galleries in Kansas *Astronomy ** Astronomical observatories in Kansas *** commons:Astronomical observatories in Kansas ** Haviland Crater * attorneys general (category) * attractions (category) *

aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot a ...

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* Baby Jay * Battle of Baxter Springs * Battle of Marais des Cygnes *

Battle of Mine Creek The Battle of Mine Creek, also known as the Battle of the Osage, was fought on October 25, 1864, in Linn County, Kansas, as part of Price's Missouri Expedition during the American Civil War. Major General Sterling Price of the Confederate Stat ...

Big Red One The 1st Infantry Division is a combined arms division of the United States Army, and is the oldest continuously serving division in the Regular Army. It has seen continuous service since its organization in 1917 during World War I. It was off ...

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Bleeding Kansas Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas, or the Border War was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859. It emerged from a political and ideological debate over the ...

* (Kansas) Board of Regents * boarding schools (category) *

Boeing The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and p ...

* Botanical gardens in Kansas ** commons:Botanical gardens in Kansas *Boy Scouts of America ** Scouting in Kansas * bridges (category) *'' Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka'' * Buildings and structures in Kansas ** commons:Buildings and structures in Kansas *business *:''see

economy An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the ...

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Cannabis in Kansas Cannabis in Kansas is fully illegal, and possession of even small amounts is a misdemeanor crime. Cannabis is only legal in Kansas in the form of THC free cannabidiol oil, also known as CBD. History 1927 prohibition In the early 20th century, mo ...

* Capital of the State of Kansas *

Capital punishment Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

** executions by the state * Capitol of the State of Kansas ** commons:Kansas State Capitol ** First Territorial Capitol of Kansas * Cemeteries *Census ** Census-designated places (category) ** Census statistical areas * Cherokee Strip * Chisholm Trail * Churches (category) * Cinemas (category) *

Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

County seats A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ...

** fictional (category) ** former (category) ** ghost towns (category) **

state capital Below is an index of pages containing lists of capital cities. National capitals *List of national capitals * List of national capitals by latitude *List of national capitals by population * List of national capitals by area * List of capital c ...

** unincorporated communities (category) * Climate of Kansas * Climate change in Kansas * colleges **

community colleges A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries: many community colleges have an "open enrollment" for students who have graduated from high school (also known as senior sec ...

** Kansas Board of Regents * Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs) * Communications in Kansas ** commons:Communications in Kansas * companies based in Kansas (category) * congressional districts *:U.S. House of Representatives (District 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) *congressmen ** state (category) **

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

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counties A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

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county seats A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ...

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agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...

and other individual topics'' * culture (category) ** festivals (category) ** museums (category) ** restaurants (category)

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* Dodge City Community College *

Dodge City Dodge City is the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States, named after nearby Fort Dodge. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. The city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier town ...

dams A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...

* Demographics of Kansas *

desegregation Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups, usually referring to races. Desegregation is typically measured by the index of dissimilarity, allowing researchers to determine whether desegregation efforts are having impact o ...

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Dust Bowl The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. The phenomenon was caused by a combination of both natural factors (severe drought) a ...

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biography A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or ...

** Eisenhower Presidential Center * Elections in the state of Kansas ** commons:Kansas elections * elementary schools (category) *

energy In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of hea ...

** facilities (category) **

Hugoton Natural Gas Area Hugoton Gas Field is a large natural gas field in the U.S. states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Its name is derived from the town of Hugoton, Kansas, near which the Hugoton Field was first discovered. History Natural gas in the Hugoton area wa ...

wind power Wind power or wind energy is mostly the use of wind turbines to generate electricity. Wind power is a popular, sustainable, renewable energy source that has a much smaller impact on the environment than burning fossil fuels. Historically ...

* Environment of Kansas ** commons:Environment of Kansas *etymologies ** county names * evolution hearings * executions * Exodusters

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Farming Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled peopl ...

Festivals in Kansas A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival con ...

Kansas State Fair Kansas State Fair is a state fair held annually in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States. It starts the Friday following Labor Day in September, and lasts for 10 days. This fair is the largest single event in the state and attracts approximately 350 ...

** commons:Festivals in Kansas *Fiction ** Fictional characters from Kansas (category) **

Films set in Kansas A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

** Television shows set in Kansas (category) * Flag of the state of Kansas * Flora of Kansas (category) * Forts in Kansas ** :Forts in Kansas *** commons:Forts in Kansas

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* gardens, botanical (category) * Geography of Kansas ** :Geography of Kansas *** commons:Geography of Kansas *

Geology of Kansas The geology of Kansas encompasses the geologic history and the presently exposed rock and soil. Rock that crops out in the US state of Kansas was formed during the Phanerozoic eon, which consists of three geologic eras: the Paleozoic, Mesozoi ...

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** Kansas Highway Patrol ** state agencies (category) **

State Library of Kansas The State Library of Kansas is a department within the state government of Kansas, with locations in Topeka and Emporia. Ray Walling was appointed acting State Librarian in June of 2022. Locations The research collections and most of the staff ...

* Governor of the State of Kansas **

List of governors of Kansas The governor of Kansas is the head of state of KansasKS Const. art. I, § 3. 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 Kan ...

* Great Plains * Great Seal of the State of Kansas

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* Hamilton Quarry * Haviland crater * Heritage railroads in Kansas ** commons:Heritage railroads in Kansas * High Plains * high schools * Highway routes in Kansas ** Interstate (category) ** Kansas Highway Patrol **

state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

** U.S. (category) * Highway Patrol of Kansas * Hiking trails in Kansas ** commons:Hiking trails in Kansas *historic places ** forts (category) ** registered places * historical figures * History of Kansas ** Historical outline of Kansas *** :History of Kansas **** commons:History of Kansas *

hospitals A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...

* hotels (category)

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* Images of Kansas ** commons:Kansas * Interstate highways (category) * Islands in Kansas

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*judges ** state supreme court justices (category)

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Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...

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Kansas River The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, is a river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is the southwesternmost part of the Missouri River drainage, which is in turn the northwesternmost portion of the extensive Mississippi River dr ...

Kansas Speedway Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in the Village West area near Kansas City, Kansas, United States. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also held races at the venue until 20 ...

Kansas State Capitol The Kansas State Capitol, known also as the Kansas Statehouse, is the building housing the executive and legislative branches of government for the U.S. state of Kansas. Located in the city of Topeka, which has served as the capital of Kansas sin ...

Kansas Supreme Court The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the state of Kansas. Composed of seven justices, led by Chief Justice Marla Luckert, the court supervises the legal profession, administers the judicial branch, and serves as the st ...

* Kansas Territory *

Kansas Turnpike The Kansas Turnpike is a , freeway-standard toll road that lies entirely within the US state of Kansas. It runs in a general southwest–northeast direction from the Oklahoma border to Kansas City. It passes through several major Kansas cities, ...

* Kansas University Rangers * Kansas Women Attorneys Association *

Kaw Kaw or KAW may refer to: Mythology * Kaw (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology * Johnny Kaw, mythical settler of Kansas, US * Kaw (character), in ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' People * Kaw people, a Native American tribe Places * Kaw, Fr ...

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United States Postal Service The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U ...

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State of Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the we ...

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* Lakes, reservoirs, and dams in Kansas ** :Lakes of Kansas *** commons:Lakes of Kansas * landforms (category) * Landmarks in Kansas ** :Landmarks in Kansas *** commons:Landmarks in Kansas *law ** alcohol laws **'' Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka'' ** crime (category) **

** executions by the state ** Kansas–Nebraska Act ** law schools (category) ** lawyers (category) ** state laws (category) *law enforcement ** Kansas Attorneys General (category) ** Kansas Highway Patrol ** state prisons * Lecompton, Kansas Territory, disputed territorial capital 1856-1861 *

Lecompton Constitution The Lecompton Constitution (1859) was the second of four proposed constitutions for the state of Kansas. Named for the city of Lecompton where it was drafted, it was strongly pro-slavery. It never went into effect. History Purpose The Lecompton C ...

* LGBT rights in Kansas * Lists related to the State of Kansas: **

List of airports in Kansas This is a list of airports in Kansas (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that we ...

** List of census statistical areas in Kansas **

List of cities in Kansas Kansas is a state located in the Midwestern United States. According to th2021 United Stated Census estimateits population is 2,934,582 and Kansas has a growth rate of 0.57% annually, which ranks 31st among all 50 states. Kansas is the 13th larg ...

** List of colleges and universities in Kansas ** List of companies in Kansas **

List of counties in Kansas This is a list of counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. Select from the links at right to go directly to an article, or browse the listing below for additional information. Every license plate issued by the state contains the same two-letter abb ...

** List of dams and reservoirs in Kansas ** List of forts in Kansas ** List of ghost towns in Kansas **

** List of high schools in Kansas ** List of highway routes in Kansas ** List of hospitals in Kansas ** List of individuals executed in Kansas ** List of islands in Kansas ** List of lakes in Kansas ** List of law enforcement agencies in Kansas **

List of museums in Kansas This list of museums in Kansas is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, ...

List of National Historic Landmarks in Kansas A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...

List of newspapers in Kansas This is a list of newspapers in Kansas. Daily newspapers This is a list of daily newspapers currently published in Kansas. For weekly newspapers, see List of newspapers in Kansas. * ''The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle'' – Abilene * '' Atchison ...

** List of people from Kansas ** List of places in Kansas **

List of power stations in Kansas This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Kansas, sorted by type and name. In 2020, Kansas had a total summer capacity of 16,981 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 54,542 GWh. ...

List of radio stations in Kansas The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Kansas, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct References ...

** List of railroads in Kansas ** List of Registered Historic Places in Kansas **

List of rivers of Kansas This is a list of rivers in Kansas (U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Mississippi River Basin Arkansas River Basin *Arkansas River * ...

List of school districts in Kansas This is a list of unified school districts (USD) in the state of Kansas. It is grouped by county, based on the headquarters location of each school district. Allen County * Humboldt USD 258 * Iola USD 257 * Marmaton Valley USD 256 Ande ...

** List of state parks in Kansas ** List of state prisons in Kansas ** List of symbols of the State of Kansas ** List of television stations in Kansas ** List of United States congressional delegations from Kansas ** List of United States congressional districts in Kansas ** List of United States representatives from Kansas ** List of United States senators from Kansas *literature ** writers (category) *

Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase (french: Vente de la Louisiane, translation=Sale of Louisiana) was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or app ...

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* malls (category) * Maps of Kansas ** commons:Maps of Kansas * mass media (category) * mayors (category) * meadowlark *metropolitan areas ** Kansas City Metropolitan Area **

Metropolitan Statistical Areas In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Such regions are neither legally incorporated as a city or tow ...

(MSAs) * middle schools (category) *

Midwestern United States The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of the United States. I ...

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** Civil War units ** facilities (category) ** forts (category) * Missouri River *

Monuments and memorials in Kansas A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ...

** commons:Monuments and memorials in Kansas * Mount Sunflower * movie theatres (category) * municipal universities *

Museums in Kansas A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

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* National Wildlife Refuges (category) * Native American tribes (category) * Natural arches of Kansas ** commons:Natural arches of Kansas * natural disasters (category) ** tornadoes (category) * Natural gas pipelines in Kansas *

Natural history of Kansas Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are p ...

** commons:Natural history of Kansas *naval ships ** USS ''Kansas'' ** USS ''Topeka'' *

newspapers A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...

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* observatories, astronomical (category) * Office of the Kansas Securities Commissioner *

Old West The American frontier, also known as the Old West or the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial ...

Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail was a east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of what is now the state of Kans ...

* Outdoor sculptures in Kansas ** commons:Outdoor sculptures in Kansas *

Ozarks The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the extreme southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant port ...

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state parks State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...

** zoological (category) * Pawnee, Kansas Territory, first territorial capital 1855 *

People from Kansas A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, ...

** List of lists of people from Kansas ** :People from Kansas *** commons:People from Kansas *** :People by city in Kansas *** :People by county in Kansas *** :People from Kansas by occupation * Places in Kansas * politicians (category) * Politics of Kansas ** commons:Politics of Kansas * preparatory schools (category) *President Dwight D. Eisenhower **

** Eisenhower Presidential Center * prisons, state * Protected areas of Kansas ** commons:Protected areas of Kansas

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radio stations Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio sta ...

* Railroad museums in Kansas ** commons:Railroad museums in Kansas *

railroads Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

* recreational areas (category) * regions (category) * Registered Historic Places *

Religion in Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the we ...

** commons:Religion in Kansas ** cemeteries (category) ** churches (category) * Republican Party of Kansas *

reservoirs A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including control ...

* restaurants (category) * Right Between the Ears * rivers * Rock formations in Kansas ** commons:Rock formations in Kansas

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* Same-sex marriage in Kansas * Santa Fe Trail ** Santa Fe Trail Remains *schools *:''see

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...

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seal Seal may refer to any of the following: Common uses * Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: ** Earless seal, or "true seal" ** Fur seal * Seal (emblem), a device to imp ...

*senators ** State (category) **

* Settlements in Kansas **

Cities in Kansas A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be de ...

** Townships in Kansas ** Census Designated Places in Kansas ** Other unincorporated communities in Kansas ** List of ghost towns in Kansas * Shawnee Mission, Kansas Territory, territorial capital 1855-1856 *Ships of the U.S. Navy, USS ''Kansas'' * Shopping malls (category) * Snakes (category) * Solar power in Kansas * Sports in Kansas ** commons:Sports in Kansas *

Sports venues in Kansas Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, th ...

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state highways A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...

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state universities A state university system in the United States is a group of public universities supported by an individual state, territory or federal district. These systems constitute the majority of public-funded universities in the country. State univers ...

* Structures in Kansas ** commons:Buildings and structures in Kansas * Sunflower *

Symbols of the State of Kansas The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Kansas. State symbols * Kansas state motto: ''Ad astra per aspera'' (Latin language, Latin for ''To the stars through difficulties'') * Kansas state nickname: Sunflower State * United S ...

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barred tiger salamander The barred tiger salamander or western tiger salamander (''Ambystoma mavortium'') is a species of mole salamander that lives in lower western Canada, the western United States and northern Mexico. Description The barred tiger salamander typica ...

('' Ambystoma mavortium'') **Kansas state bird:

western meadowlark The western meadowlark (''Sturnella neglecta'') is a medium-sized icterid bird, about in length. It nests on the ground in open grasslands across western and central North America. It feeds mostly on bugs, but will also feed on seeds and berri ...

('' Sturnella neglecta'') **Kansas state fish: channel catfish ('' Ictalurus punctatus'') **Kansas state flag: Flag of the State of Kansas **Kansas state flower: wild sunflower ('' Helianthus annuus'') **Kansas state insect:

western honey bee The western honey bee or European honey bee (''Apis mellifera'') is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. The genus name ''Apis'' is Latin for "bee", and ''mellifera'' is the Latin for "honey-bearing" or "honey carrying" ...

('' Apis mellifera mellifera'') **Kansas state mammal:

American bison The American bison (''Bison bison'') is a species of bison native to North America. Sometimes colloquially referred to as American buffalo or simply Bubalina, buffalo (a different clade of bovine), it is one of two extant species of bison, alongs ...

('' Bison bison'') **Kansas state motto: '' Ad astra per aspera'' (

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

for ''To the stars through difficulties'') **Kansas state nickname:

Sunflower State The common sunflower (''Helianthus annuus'') is a large annual forb of the genus ''Helianthus'' grown as a crop for its edible oily seeds. Apart from cooking oil production, it is also used as livestock forage (as a meal or a silage plant), as ...

**Kansas state reptile:

ornate box turtle The ornate box turtle (''Terrapene ornata ornata'') is one of only two terrestrial species of turtles native to the Great Plains of the United States. It is one of the two different subspecies of ''Terrapene ornata''. It is the state reptile of ...

('' Terrapene ornata ornata'') **Kansas state seal: Great Seal of the State of Kansas **Kansas state soil: Harney silt loambr>website
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Home on the Range "Home on the Range" is a classic cowboy song, sometimes called the "unofficial anthem" of the American West. Dr. Brewster M. Higley (also spelled Highley) of Smith County, Kansas, wrote the lyrics as the poem "My Western Home" in 1872 or 1873 ...

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Territory of Kansas The Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the free state of Kansas. ...

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Territory of Louisiana The Territory of Louisiana or Louisiana Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805, until June 4, 1812, when it was renamed the Missouri Territory. The territory was formed out of the ...

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Territory of Missouri The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812, until August 10, 1821. In 1819, the Territory of Arkansas was created from a portion of its southern area. In 1821, a southea ...

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Theatres in Kansas Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actor, actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The p ...

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Topeka, Kansas Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central U ...

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ( es, Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo), officially the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, is the peace treaty that was signed on 2 ...

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States of the United States of America In the United States, a state is a Federated state, constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it ...

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United States District Court for the District of Kansas The United States District Court for the District of Kansas (in case citations, D. Kan.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Kansas. The Court operates out of the Robert J. Dole United States Courthouse in Kansas Ci ...

** United States representatives from Kansas ** United States senators from Kansas *

Universities A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...

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US-KS Upravlyaemy Sputnik Kontinentalny Statsionarny (russian: Управляемый Спутник Континентальный Стационарный meaning ''Stationary Continental Controllable Satellite''), or US-KS (russian: УС-КС), also ...

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wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

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wildlife Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous to game: those birds and mammals that were hunted ...

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hunting Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products ( fur/ hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, ...

** meadowlark ** National Wildlife Refuges (category) **

pronghorn The pronghorn (, ) (''Antilocapra americana'') is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America. Though not an antelope, it is known colloquially in North America as the American a ...

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white-tailed deer The white-tailed deer (''Odocoileus virginianus''), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer, is a medium-sized deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia. It has also been introduced t ...

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