Answer: Atchison
Founded in 1854, Atchison is on the Missouri River in the northeast part of the state. It had a 2013 population of approximately 11,000. In 1863, a land grant was transferred to the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe Railroad. Construction on the line began in Topeka rather than Atchison in 1868, being delayed because of the Civil War. It eventually comprised some 12,000 miles of rail line from Chicago to Los Angeles and Houston to San Francisco, by either building the track or by taking over smaller lines that had. It never did reach Santa Fe due to the difficulty of the terrain. In September 1995, the AT&SF was merged into Burlington Northern Inc. and became BNSF Railway.
Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison in July 1897. Another native was Jesse Stone (aka Chuck Calhoun). He was the composer of, among other hits, "Shake, Rattle, and Roll", and the person thought to have done the most to develop the basic rock and roll sound. Although Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics to "The Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe" in 1944, the song was sung by Judy Garland in "The Harvey Girls" and won the Academy Award for the Best Original Song for 1946.
From Quiz: Kansas!
Answer: Kansas River
The Kansas River flows through Kansas City, Topeka, Junction City, and Manhattan. It is 148 miles in length.
From Quiz: Kansas #2
Answer: Sunflower
The sunflower is a tall flower with gold petals and a brown center. It became the state flower in 1903 and appears on the state's quarter and flag.
From Quiz: Beautiful Kansas
Answer: Cherokee Lowlands
The area around Pittsburg, Kansas (like Pittsburg, Pennsylvania) was a mining center. Slavic miners populated the southeast corner of Kansas and the area saw numerous labor strikes at the turn of the century. "Big Brutus" was later moved to a museum in Cherokee County.
From Quiz: Geo Kansas
Answer: Greensburg, Kansas, USA
The well was dug to provide a needed water supply for the citizens of Greenburg, and to supply the new, incoming railroads.
The well is 32 feet in diameter and is 109 feet in depth.
From Quiz: Tourist Attractions in Kansas
Answer: Coronado
Coronado entered Kansas in 1541, searching for gold.
From Quiz: A Variety of Questions about Kansas
Answer: Jayhawker State
The Jayhawkers was an organization in Kansas, established for defense from the various Missouri raiders who were trying to ensure that Kansas chose to be a "slave" state rather than "free". The term "Jayhawkers" was not unique to Kansas but had been used at least once before by a group of people heading for the California gold fields. One of the better known Jayhawkers was a fellow named Marshall Cleveland (aka Charles Metz). Since most people wanted Kansas to be a free state, the folks in Atchison, where he made his headquarters, were pleased to have him take up residence. He no doubt liked it better than one of his prior homes, the Missouri State Penitentiary. While living in Atchison, "Capt." Metz stole hundreds of horses from Missouri, which he sold in Kansas. He also robbed at least two banks. He robbed anyone he felt might sympathize with the South, and even threatened some of Atchison's leading citizens with murder. He was shot sometime in 1862.
From Quiz: Kansas!
Answer: Glaciated Region
The Glaciated Region covers the northeast part of the state. It is named because of the huge glaciers that covered it during the last Ice Age.
From Quiz: Kansas #2
Answer: The warriors called Kansa
The Kansa (or Kaw) tribe gave their name to the Kansas River, which then lent its name to the state. The capitol building in Topeka has a Kansa warrior statue on it.
From Quiz: Beautiful Kansas
Answer: Ozark Plateau
Known for mining, the Ozark Plateau region of Kansas was mined for at least a hundred years. At one time, it provided 50% of the zinc and 10% of the lead mined in the US.
From Quiz: Geo Kansas
Answer: 1937
In 1937 the well was covered and opened as a tourist attraction.
At the well site they also have "The World's Largest Pallisite Meteorite" on display in the Gift Shop.
From Quiz: Tourist Attractions in Kansas
Answer: Western Meadowlark
Lewis and Clark first noticed the differences between the Eastern and Western Meadowlark, which look very similar but sing much different songs.
From Quiz: Kansas--The Sunflower State
Answer: bleeding Kansas
In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska Act established the territory of Kansas, and both pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups flocked to the new territory. Because of the sometimes violent nature of the conflict between the two groups, the territory soon became known as 'bleeding Kansas'.
From Quiz: A Variety of Questions about Kansas
Answer: Hutchinson
The Kansas State Fair takes place in the city of Hutchinson, Reno County, for ten days each September, beginning on the Friday following Labor Day. It takes place at the State Fairgrounds, with around 350,000 visitors attending each year. The first fair at that site took place in 1913, and the only year since then in which it was it was cancelled was 2020, due to the COVID pandemic.
From Quiz: Kansas
Answer: American bison
The American bison, sometimes called the American buffalo, roamed the plains in great herds. They were almost exterminated by the white "buffalo hunters" on the orders of Gen. Philip Sheridan, in an effort to get the last of the free Indians to remove themselves to the reservations. Because the Indians had, since time immemorial, hunted the bison and used virtually all of their parts for their survival, the thinking was that if the Indians no longer had bison to hunt they would have to surrender themselves to the reservation or starve. The last feral bison killed in Kansas was at Point of Rocks. Today, in Kansas, there are again a number of herds of bison, both public and private.
From Quiz: Kansas!
Answer: Smith County
Fun Fact: the Smith Center football team at one point in time had a 79 game winning streak. The streak ended when the team was beat by Centralia in the class 2A state championship.
From Quiz: Kansas #2
Answer: Western Meadowlark
The Western Meadowlark enjoys plains and fields. It became the official Kansas state bird in 1925.
Source: www.gpnc.org
From Quiz: Beautiful Kansas
Answer: Flint Hills
Driving through Kansas on I-70 near Manhattan, Kansas, you can see large prairie fires as the spring burn rejuvenates the grasses of the Flint Hills. This is the home of my university, Kansas State University--the "Little Apple".
From Quiz: Geo Kansas
Answer: LaCrosse, Kansas, USA
As the name implies - The Kansas Barbed Wire Museum is dedicated to teaching the world all about Barbed Wire.
At the same site is the Post Rock Museum which is dedicated to the Post Rocks, which were an alternative to fence posts.
From Quiz: Tourist Attractions in Kansas
Answer: Cottonwood
The cottonwood tree is a member of the poplar family of trees.
From Quiz: Kansas--The Sunflower State
Answer: Quantrill's Raiders
On August 21, 1863, several hundred men under the leadership of William Quantrill entered Kansas from Missouri and destroyed the town of Lawrence. Approximately 200 buildings were burned, and 150 people were killed.
From Quiz: A Variety of Questions about Kansas
Answer: Cherry pie with ice cream
Although the reason for this old law seems to be lost in the depths of time, it could be because some cherry pie bakers (like my grandmother) would put a dollop of alcohol in the filling, and no alcohol was allowed to be consumed in Kansas on Sunday.
From Quiz: Kansas!
Answer: Flint Hills
The preserve itself is located in Chase County, Kansas. Flint Hills was once called Bluestem Pastures.
From Quiz: Kansas #2
Answer: Oklahoma
Oklahoma has a shape that some say looks like a pan. People who live in the "skinny" part of the state live in the panhandle of Oklahoma. Kansas is also bordered by Nebraska, Missouri and Colorado.
From Quiz: Beautiful Kansas
Answer: High Plains
Erosion from the Rocky Mountains has laid down gravel and sand in a large delta plain, making this the flattest part of Kansas. The highest point in Kansas, Mt. Sunflower, is near the Colorado border. Seashell fossils were thick in the limestone cliffs on my family's farm along the Saline River.
From Quiz: Geo Kansas
Answer: Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton was born in Piqua; his parents were in the town with a vaudeville act.
There is an annual Buster Keaton Celebration in nearby Iola, Kansas.
From Quiz: Tourist Attractions in Kansas
Answer: Buffalo
Kansas is also the home of many deer, badgers, foxes, rabbits, racoons, and many types of fish and birds.
From Quiz: Kansas--The Sunflower State
Answer: the Mennonites
The Mennonites had settled in Russia in 1790, based on assurances from the czar that they would be exempt from military service. This promise was broken in the 1870s, and the emigration ensued, many of them settling in Kansas. They brought with them the hard red winter wheat that they had grown in the Ukraine, leading to Kansas becoming the number one producer of wheat in the U.S.
From Quiz: A Variety of Questions about Kansas
Answer: 5 years
The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed people to settle on 160 acres of surveyed government land. They were required to build a house and grow crops. After five years, if the original settler was on the land, the land was deeded to him. In many places in Kansas that meant a sod house and a windmill, without which there would be no water for crops. Many of the original homesteaders could not complete the contract due to inclement weather, lack of water, hordes of grasshoppers, illness and a multitude of other reasons, including disillusionment. Those that did worked very hard and long to survive and prosper. One day before they died they would eventually be able to replace the little sod house with a frame or brick house.
From Quiz: Kansas!
Answer: getting destroyed by an E-F5 tornado
In May 2007, Greensburg was nearly destroyed by a E-F5 tornado. The town became nationally famous because of its rebuilding of a "green city".
From Quiz: Kansas #2
Answer: Northeast
Riley County is located in the Flint Hills area of Kansas. Its cities include Manhattan, Ogden, Riley, Leonardville, and Randolph. Also, Riley County is where I live.
From Quiz: Beautiful Kansas
Answer: Glaciated Region
Some glaciers reached as far as Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas. However, the glaciated region is mostly in Doniphan and Atchison counties.
From Quiz: Geo Kansas
Answer: Wichita, Kansas, USA
The Coleman Lantern Museum is in the company store of the Coleman Company.
The Coleman Company is based in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
From Quiz: Tourist Attractions in Kansas
Answer: Ornate Box Turtle
Most kinds of turtles can withdraw into their shells, but a box turtle can close up more completely than other species because their lower shell is hinged.
From Quiz: Kansas--The Sunflower State
Answer: Charles Curtis
Curtis was a U.S. Senator, and then served as Herbert Hoover's Vice President from 1929 to 1933.
From Quiz: A Variety of Questions about Kansas
Answer: Arkansas City
There were approximately 115,000 settlers that raced over the Kansas border to Oklahoma Territory to claim their share of over six million acres of Cherokee land. This was the largest land run ever in the United States. The Cherokees were paid over $8.5 million dollars. There is a museum dedicated to that event in Enid, Oklahoma.
From Quiz: Kansas!
Answer: Russell
Russell, Kansas is the county seat of Russell County. Dole has served in both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.
From Quiz: Kansas #2
Answer: Midwest
Kansas is pretty much the center of the US. The very center is somewhere close to Smith County. The state is mainly made up of plains, hills and forests.
From Quiz: Beautiful Kansas
Answer: Smoky Hills
The Smoky Hills region runs west from Ellsworth, Kansas past Hays, Kansas. Volga Germans, recruited by the Union Pacific Railroad, settled on railroad land. Besides stone fence posts, the region is famous for native stone buildings, especially churches. St Fidela's church in Victoria, Kansas was named the "Cathedral of the Plains" by presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan.
From Quiz: Geo Kansas
Answer: Wichita, Kansas, USA
The first Pizza Hut was located in Wichita; however, highway expansion caused the building to be moved to the campus of Wichita State University, Pizza Hut's co-founder's alma mater.
From Quiz: Tourist Attractions in Kansas