KANSAS
Kansas is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison.
Francisco Coronado of Spain first arrived in Kansas in 1541, but France claimed in 1682. The United States paid $15 million to France in 1803 for its North American territory (The Louisiana Purchase), thus acquiring Kansas as part of USA, effectively evicting all Indian Tribes to the ‘reservations‘ in Oklahoma.
After the violence against the Indians ended, the political war over the pro & anti-slavery issue began, continuing the killings & violence, historically earning Kansas the title of “Bleeding Kansas”. The abolitionists eventually prevailed, and on January 29, 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a free state. After the Civil War, the population of Kansas grew rapidly when waves of immigrants turned the prairie into farmland.
Today, Kansas is one of the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans Kansas is the 15th most extensive and the 34th most populous of the 50 United States.
Population: 2,904,021(2015 est.) Ranked 33rd in the nation
Male: 1,415,408 (49.6%); Female: 1,437,710 (50.4%). White: 2,391,044 (83.8%); Black: 167,864 (5.9%); American Indian: 28,150 (1.0%); Asian: 67,762 (2.4%); Other race: 110,127 (3.4%); Two or more races: 85,933 (3.0%); Hispanic/Latino: 300,042 (10.5%). 2000 population 18 and over: 2,126,179; 65 and over: 376,116 (13.2%); median age: 35.9.
Median Household Income: $47,817 (2009), Ranked 28th in the nation
Land area: 81,815 sq mi. (211,901 sq km)
Capital: Topeka.
10 largest cities (2014): Wichita, 385,577; Overland Park, 178,919; Kansas City, 147,268; Olathe, 130,045; Topeka, 127,939; Lawrence, 89,512; Shawnee, 63,622; Manhattan, 56,069; Lenexa, 49,398; Salina, 48,045
U. S. Rankings:
Grosse Domestic Product (GDP): 31 (2015) - $146,219 in millions. Source: http://www.bea.gov
Education: State Education Data Profile: Source: http://nces.ed.gov
Health: 26 (2015) – Source: http://americashealthrankings.org
Economy: Kansas is historically an agricultural state. Manufacturing and services have surpassed agriculture as income producers, but farming is still important to the state's economy, and Kansas follows only Texas and Montana in total agricultural acreage. The nation's top wheat grower, Kansas is also a leading producer of grain sorghum and corn. Hay, soybeans, and sunflowers are also major crops. Cattle and calves, however, constitute the single most valuable agricultural item. Meatpacking and dairy industries are major economic activities, and the Kansas City stockyards are among the nation's largest. Food processing ranked as the state's third largest industry in the 1990s.
The two leading industries are the manufacture of transportation equipment and industrial and computer machinery. Wichita is a center of the aircraft industry, producing chiefly private planes. Other important manufactures are petroleum and coal products and nonelectrical machinery. The state is a major producer of crude petroleum and has large reserves of natural gas and helium. Kansas was once part of a great shallow sea and has commercially valuable salt deposits.
Tourism: Tourism in Kansas, known as the ‘Sunflower State’ because sunflower grows wild all over the state, has been increasing. Points of interest include the Kansas History Center at Topeka, the Eisenhower boyhood home and the Eisenhower Memorial Museum and Presidential Library at Abilene, John Brown's cabin at Osawatomie, re-created Front Street in Dodge City, Fort Larned (an important military post on the Santa Fe Trail), Fort Leavenworth, and Fort Riley. The Oz Museum, in Wamego, features a recreation of Dorothy's farm house from the 1939 musical film The Wizard of Oz.
The Halls of Fame in Kansas include the Greyhound Hall of Fame in Abilene, the National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, and the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame located in Bonner Springs.
The Natural Geological attractions in Kansas include:
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Local Information / Contacts & Website
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas
Info Please: http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/us/kansas-state-united-states.html
Kansas Info: http://www.ksready.gov/
Government – State: https://www.kansas.gov
Government – City of Wichita: www.wichita.gov
Economic Development: http://www.kdfa.org
Tourism: www.travelks.com
Healthcare: http://www.kdheks.gov
Multicultural Chamber of Commerce: info@multiculturalchamber.org - www.multiculturalchamber.org
Kansas is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison.
Francisco Coronado of Spain first arrived in Kansas in 1541, but France claimed in 1682. The United States paid $15 million to France in 1803 for its North American territory (The Louisiana Purchase), thus acquiring Kansas as part of USA, effectively evicting all Indian Tribes to the ‘reservations‘ in Oklahoma.
After the violence against the Indians ended, the political war over the pro & anti-slavery issue began, continuing the killings & violence, historically earning Kansas the title of “Bleeding Kansas”. The abolitionists eventually prevailed, and on January 29, 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a free state. After the Civil War, the population of Kansas grew rapidly when waves of immigrants turned the prairie into farmland.
Today, Kansas is one of the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans Kansas is the 15th most extensive and the 34th most populous of the 50 United States.
Population: 2,904,021(2015 est.) Ranked 33rd in the nation
Male: 1,415,408 (49.6%); Female: 1,437,710 (50.4%). White: 2,391,044 (83.8%); Black: 167,864 (5.9%); American Indian: 28,150 (1.0%); Asian: 67,762 (2.4%); Other race: 110,127 (3.4%); Two or more races: 85,933 (3.0%); Hispanic/Latino: 300,042 (10.5%). 2000 population 18 and over: 2,126,179; 65 and over: 376,116 (13.2%); median age: 35.9.
Median Household Income: $47,817 (2009), Ranked 28th in the nation
Land area: 81,815 sq mi. (211,901 sq km)
Capital: Topeka.
10 largest cities (2014): Wichita, 385,577; Overland Park, 178,919; Kansas City, 147,268; Olathe, 130,045; Topeka, 127,939; Lawrence, 89,512; Shawnee, 63,622; Manhattan, 56,069; Lenexa, 49,398; Salina, 48,045
U. S. Rankings:
Grosse Domestic Product (GDP): 31 (2015) - $146,219 in millions. Source: http://www.bea.gov
Education: State Education Data Profile: Source: http://nces.ed.gov
Health: 26 (2015) – Source: http://americashealthrankings.org
Economy: Kansas is historically an agricultural state. Manufacturing and services have surpassed agriculture as income producers, but farming is still important to the state's economy, and Kansas follows only Texas and Montana in total agricultural acreage. The nation's top wheat grower, Kansas is also a leading producer of grain sorghum and corn. Hay, soybeans, and sunflowers are also major crops. Cattle and calves, however, constitute the single most valuable agricultural item. Meatpacking and dairy industries are major economic activities, and the Kansas City stockyards are among the nation's largest. Food processing ranked as the state's third largest industry in the 1990s.
The two leading industries are the manufacture of transportation equipment and industrial and computer machinery. Wichita is a center of the aircraft industry, producing chiefly private planes. Other important manufactures are petroleum and coal products and nonelectrical machinery. The state is a major producer of crude petroleum and has large reserves of natural gas and helium. Kansas was once part of a great shallow sea and has commercially valuable salt deposits.
Tourism: Tourism in Kansas, known as the ‘Sunflower State’ because sunflower grows wild all over the state, has been increasing. Points of interest include the Kansas History Center at Topeka, the Eisenhower boyhood home and the Eisenhower Memorial Museum and Presidential Library at Abilene, John Brown's cabin at Osawatomie, re-created Front Street in Dodge City, Fort Larned (an important military post on the Santa Fe Trail), Fort Leavenworth, and Fort Riley. The Oz Museum, in Wamego, features a recreation of Dorothy's farm house from the 1939 musical film The Wizard of Oz.
The Halls of Fame in Kansas include the Greyhound Hall of Fame in Abilene, the National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, and the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame located in Bonner Springs.
The Natural Geological attractions in Kansas include:
- Big Basin Prairie Preserve contains Big Basin and Little Basin, two large sinkholes which are located in Clark County.
- Arikaree Breaks are badlands located in Cheyenne County, Kansas.
- The Cimarron National Grassland, Kansas's largest tract of public land, is located in Morton County.
- Monument Rocks is a series of chalk arcs and other formations. Kansas also has many other formations of this nature.
- The chalk formation Castle Rock (Kansas) and nearby badlands, near Quinter, Kansas.
- Rock City, Kansas
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Local Information / Contacts & Website
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas
Info Please: http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/us/kansas-state-united-states.html
Kansas Info: http://www.ksready.gov/
Government – State: https://www.kansas.gov
Government – City of Wichita: www.wichita.gov
Economic Development: http://www.kdfa.org
Tourism: www.travelks.com
Healthcare: http://www.kdheks.gov
Multicultural Chamber of Commerce: info@multiculturalchamber.org - www.multiculturalchamber.org
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