Kansas, KS
Kansas is a state located within the Great
Plains of the central region of the United
States of America, an area often referred to as
the American "Heartland".
It
is named after the Kansas River which flows
through it, which in turn was named after the
Kansa tribe, who inhabited the area.
The
tribe's name (natively kką:ze) is often said to
mean "people of the wind" or "people of the
south wind", although this was probably not the
term's original meaning.
Residents of Kansas are called "Kansans."
Historically, the area was home to large numbers
of nomadic Native Americans that hunted bison.
It
was first settled by European Americans in the
1850s, in the midst of political wars over the
slavery issue. When officially opened to
settlement by the U.S. government in 1854,
abolitionists from New England and pro-slavery
settlers from neighboring Missouri rushed to the
territory to determine if Kansas would become a
free state or a slave state.
Thus, the area was a hotbed of violence and
chaos in its early days as these forces
collided, and was known as 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 exploded when waves of immigrants
turned the prairie into productive farmland.
Only
sporadic patches of prairie grass remain for
other grasses that are suitable for raising
cattle have replaced the native grasses. Today,
Kansas is one of the most productive
agricultural states, producing many crops, and
leading the nation in wheat and sunflower
production most years.
Far
from flat, Kansas has varied topography with an
expanding forest of hardwoods in the northeast,
rugged hills and lakes, not to mention awe
inspiring sunsets.
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