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Flag of Kansas Kansas became the 34th state admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, and The flag of Kansas was adopted in 1927, with an original design that…
Facts About Olathe The city’s name ‘Olathe’ is derived from the Shawnee word for beautiful. Olathe is part of the Kansas City major metropolitan area, located on interstate 35 just…
Facts About Overland Park In 1905, Overland Park’s founder, William B. Strang Jr. arrived and began to plot subdivisions along an old military roadway, which later became the city’s principal…
Facts About Wichita Wichita began as a trading post on the Chisholm Trail in the 1860s and was incorporated as a city in 1870. The city lies on the Arkansas…
Facts About Lawrence Boyhood home of writer and poet Langston Hughes whose novel “Not Without Laughter” is said to be based on his life in Lawrence. Lawrence was founded by…
Facts About Manhattan The city was founded by settlers from the New England Emigrant Aid Company as a Free-State town in the 1850s, during the Bleeding Kansas era. Manhattan is…
Facts About Salina The city of Salina has a total area of 25.15 square miles, of which 25.11 square miles is land and 0.04 square miles is water. Salina was…
Facts About Garden City Garden City was founded in 1878 by W.D. Twichell, who purchased land from the Santa Fe Railroad to create a town that would serve as a…