Travel Day -> Kansas

Kansas is a state in the Midwestern United States.  In the 1800's, Kansas was part of the Wild West. Pioneers, railroads and cattle driven by cowboys crossed Kansas from 1850-1900.

Abbreviation: KS

Capital: Topeka (the name means "place where we dig potatoes")

Temperature: 88 degrees, partly cloudy

Time: 1:00 pm (1 hour behind us)

Nickname: "The Sunflower State" or "The Wheat State"

Population: 2.935 million (PA 12.8)

Size: 82,278 sq mi (PA 46,000)

Cost of living: 32,049 (PA $49,040)

The cost of living in Kansas is 12% lower than the national average. Housing is 29% lower than the national average, while utilities are 3% lower. When it comes to basic necessities such as food and clothing, groceries are around 6% lower than in the rest of the country, while clothing costs 6% lower.

Minimum wage: $7.25

Statehood: January 29, 1861

State Flag: 

Rolling hills identify the terrain near Fort Riley. American Indians hunting bison are reminders of the people who settled Kansas earlier. Teams of oxen and a pair of prairie schooners suggest the advance of the frontier. Plowed fields represent the importance of agriculture in Kansas.
The state seal features the following: a rising sun representing the east, a steamboat and river- representing commerce, a settler driving plow horses and a cabin representing agriculture and prosperity, a herd of American bison being pursued by two native Americans on horseback, while oxen draw a wagon train west in the distance. In the sky are 34 stars representing Kansas as the 34th state admitted to the Union, with the state motto above the stars.



State bird:


Western Meadowlark




State Flower:




Wild Sunflower


State Tree:


Cottonwood

The Eastern Cottonwood, Populus deltoides, is the symbol tree of Kansas because of its tough nature and survivability. The cottonwood grows where it should not, survives fires, floods, tornadoes, and drought, and is a resilient member of the Kansas family.



Geographical Center of the US


Mount Sunflower

License Plate


Faris Caves



The Parker Carousel

White Castle Sliders


ICEE

Pizza Hut

Joe Walsh

Melissa Etheridge

Bob Dole


Dennis Rader- "The BTK Killer"


Hattie McDaniel


Amelia Earhart

Worlds Largest Easel


Salt Mine



Ioway Tribal National Park



Topeka, Kansas































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