Fast Facts · Nickname: The Sunflower State · Statehood: 1861; 34th state · Population (as of July 2015): 2,911,641 · Capital: Topeka · Biggest City: Wichita ...

Kansas joined the Union in 1861 as a free state. In the years after the American Civil War, Kansas became part of the frontier region called the Old West.

Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Kansas including early explorers, Native Americans, settlers, Bleeding Kansas, the Wild West, ...

Kansas is a state in the United States of America and is located in the American Midwest. On January 29, 1861, it became the 34th state to join the Union.

The Kansas Museum of History and the Kansas Children's Discovery Center, both in Topeka, offer learning opportunities through interactive exhibits.

Kansas was named after the Kansa Native Americans. · Kansas has so many tornadoes, it has the nickname 'Tornado Alley'. · Kansas is the home of Dorothy from the ...

It was the first tornado to be rated EF5 (that's really strong!). A 1928 tornado in Kansas was so strong that it plucked the feathers off several chickens.

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Etymology. The name Kansas derives from the Algonquian term, Akansa, for the Quapaw people. These were a Dhegiha Siouan-speaking people who settled in ...

Kansas became a U.S. territory in 1803, as part of the Louisiana Purchase when the United States bought land from France. In the southeastern corner of Kansas ...