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At one time it was against the law to serve ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas.
The first black woman to win an Academy Award was Kansan Hattie McDaniel. She won the award for her role in "Gone with the Wind."
Kansas has the largest population of wild grouse in North America. The grouse is commonly called the prairie chicken.
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- 1803 - U.S. acquired most of Kansas from France in the Louisiana Purchase
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ kstimeln.htm - 1830s - Settlers arrived in Kansas by the thousands
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ kstimeln.htm - (1855-1859) The Kansas-Nebraska Act caused bloody fighting over slavery; Kansas was called "Bloody Kansas."
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1857 - An Anti-Vegitarian Virgin
One of our north country-pitmen, who had turned vegetarian, went a courting to a pluncky lass in the colliery village; and 'popped the question!'...Read MORE...- 1860 - First railroad reached Kansas
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ kstimeln.htm - 1861 - January 29 – Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
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January 29, 1861 - 1863 - Timely Advice
The growth of intemperance in Kansas can but be viewed, with concern by all who have the future welfare of the State in view. The evil of...Read MORE... - 1869 - The Kansas Legistlature, on the 19th, indefinitely postponed the resolution allowing negroes to vote. A concurrent resolution asking Senator Ross to resign was laid over.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 30, 1869 - 1870 - Coal mines are now being worked in seven counties of Kansas.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 22, 1870 - 1876 - Business Maxims
1. After the feast the giver shakes his head.
2. The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
3. Creditors have excellent memories.
4. Caution...Read MORE... - 1876 - May 18 – Wyatt Earp starts work in Dodge City, Kansas, serving under Marshal Larry Deger.
May 18, 1876 
Kansas State Savings Bank- 1881 - February 19 – Kansas becomes the first U.S. state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
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February 19, 1881 - January 13, 1886 - A great blizzard struck the state of Kansas without warning. The storm claimed 50 to 100 lives, and eighty percent of the cattle in the state.
WeatherForYou.com - 1888 - Governor Martin, of Kansas, authorized the statement on the 23d that great distress prevailed in the extreme southwestern part of the State, owing to the failure of the crops last year and the rigor of the winter.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 28, 1888 - 1892 - October 5 - The Dalton Gang, attempting to rob 2 banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, is shot by the townspeople; only Emmett Dalton, with 23 wounds, survives, to spend 14 years in prison.
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October 5, 1892 - 1895 - Kansas
Kansas, kan'zas, a state of the American Union, bounded N. by Nebraska, E. by Missouri, S. by Indian Territory, and W. by Colorado. Its northern line ...Read MORE... 
(IL) - Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
Soldier's Monument, Baxter Springs, Kan.
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Kansas Ave., looking South from Fifth Street, Topeka, Kans.
Postcard- February 13, 1905 - Morning lows of -29 degrees at Pond AR, -40 degrees at Lebanon KS, and -40 degrees at Warsaw MO established all-time records for those three states
The Weather Channel - 1909 - ONE FATALITY IN TORNADO. BRAKEMAN BLOWN FROM FREIGHT TRAIN AND KILLED.
Concordia, Kas., April 13 -- When telephone communication was opened up today with Aurora, a little town south of here, it developed that four...Read MORE... 
Christian Church, Fredonia, Kansas
Postcard- 1915 - HAVOC WROUGHT IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS BY HIGH WINDS AND LIGHTNING. Heavy Fall of Rain Turns Many Streams Into Raging Torrents - Homes Demolished and Bridges Washed Out.
Kansas City, Mo. - Nineteen deaths and many persons injured was the result of the terrific windstorm in Missouri and Kansas on Friday.
A list of...Read MORE... - 1918 - January – 1918 flu pandemic: "Spanish 'flu" (influenza) first observed in Haskell County, Kansas.
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January 1, 1918 - 1918 - May 20 – The small town of Codell, Kansas, is hit for the third year in a row on the same date by a tornado.
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May 20, 1918 - 1930s - Severe dust storms destroyed acres and acres of crops (Kansas)
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ kstimeln.htm - 1951 - Floods struck the state causing wide-spread damage
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Kansas State Savings Bank
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Soldier's Monument, Baxter Springs, Kan.
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Kansas Ave., looking South from Fifth Street, Topeka, Kans.
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(IL) - Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
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Christian Church, Fredonia, Kansas
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1803 - U.S. acquired most of Kansas from France in the Louisiana Purchase
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ kstimeln.htm
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1830s - Settlers arrived in Kansas by the thousands
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ kstimeln.htm
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(1855-1859) The Kansas-Nebraska Act caused bloody fighting over slavery; Kansas was called "Bloody Kansas."
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ kstimeln.htm
1857 - An Anti-Vegitarian Virgin
One of our north country-pitmen, who had turned vegetarian, went a courting to a pluncky lass in the colliery village; and 'popped the question!'... Read MORE...
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1860 - First railroad reached Kansas
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ kstimeln.htm
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1861 - January 29 – Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
www.wikipedia.org
January 29, 1861
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1863 - Timely Advice
The growth of intemperance in Kansas can but be viewed, with concern by all who have the future welfare of the State in view. The evil of... Read MORE...
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1869 - The Kansas Legistlature, on the 19th, indefinitely postponed the resolution allowing negroes to vote. A concurrent resolution asking Senator Ross to resign was laid over.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 30, 1869
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1870 - Coal mines are now being worked in seven counties of Kansas.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 22, 1870
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1876 - Business Maxims
1. After the feast the giver shakes his head.
2. The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
3. Creditors have excellent memories.
4. Caution... Read MORE...
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1876 - May 18 – Wyatt Earp starts work in Dodge City, Kansas, serving under Marshal Larry Deger.
May 18, 1876
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1881 - February 19 – Kansas becomes the first U.S. state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
www.wikipedia.org
February 19, 1881
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January 13, 1886 - A great blizzard struck the state of Kansas without warning. The storm claimed 50 to 100 lives, and eighty percent of the cattle in the state.
WeatherForYou.com
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1888 - Governor Martin, of Kansas, authorized the statement on the 23d that great distress prevailed in the extreme southwestern part of the State, owing to the failure of the crops last year and the rigor of the winter.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 28, 1888
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1892 - October 5 - The Dalton Gang, attempting to rob 2 banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, is shot by the townspeople; only Emmett Dalton, with 23 wounds, survives, to spend 14 years in prison.
www.wikipedia.org
October 5, 1892
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1895 - Kansas
Kansas, kan'zas, a state of the American Union, bounded N. by Nebraska, E. by Missouri, S. by Indian Territory, and W. by Colorado. Its northern line ... Read MORE...
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February 13, 1905 - Morning lows of -29 degrees at Pond AR, -40 degrees at Lebanon KS, and -40 degrees at Warsaw MO established all-time records for those three states
The Weather Channel
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1909 - ONE FATALITY IN TORNADO. BRAKEMAN BLOWN FROM FREIGHT TRAIN AND KILLED.
Concordia, Kas., April 13 -- When telephone communication was opened up today with Aurora, a little town south of here, it developed that four... Read MORE...
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1915 - HAVOC WROUGHT IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS BY HIGH WINDS AND LIGHTNING. Heavy Fall of Rain Turns Many Streams Into Raging Torrents - Homes Demolished and Bridges Washed Out.
Kansas City, Mo. - Nineteen deaths and many persons injured was the result of the terrific windstorm in Missouri and Kansas on Friday.
A list of... Read MORE...
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1918 - January – 1918 flu pandemic: "Spanish 'flu" (influenza) first observed in Haskell County, Kansas.
www.wikipedia.org
January 1, 1918
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1918 - May 20 – The small town of Codell, Kansas, is hit for the third year in a row on the same date by a tornado.
www.wikipedia.org
May 20, 1918
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1930s - Severe dust storms destroyed acres and acres of crops (Kansas)
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ kstimeln.htm
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1951 - Floods struck the state causing wide-spread damage
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ kstimeln.htm
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