Kansas
Trivia I |
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The
Oregon Trail passed thru six states, including Kansas. |
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There
were no Indian attacks reported on the Oregon Trail thru the Kansas
Territory. |
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Cedar
Crest is the name of the governor's mansion in Topeka, Kansas, the
state capitol. |
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Barton
County is the only Kansas county (out of 105 counties) that is named
for a woman, the famous volunteer Civil War nurse Clara Barton. |
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The
Arkansas River may be the only river whose pronunciation changes as
it crosses state lines. In Kansas, it is called the "Arkansas"
(ahr-KAN-zuhs). On both sides of Kansas (Colorado and Oklahoma), it
is called the "Arkansaw". |
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Civil
War veteran S.P. Dinsmoor used over 100 tons of concrete to build
the Garden of Eden in Lucas, Kansas. Even the flag above the mausoleum
is made of concrete. |
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Handel's
Messiah has been presented in Lindsborg, Kansas, each Easter since
1889. |
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A
monument to the first Christian martyr on U.S. Territory stands along
U.S. 56 near Lyons, Kansas. Father Juan de Padilla came to the U.S.
Territory with the explorer Coronado in 1541. |
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Hutchinson,
Kansas is nicknamed the "Salt City" because it was built
above some of the richest salt deposits in the world. Salt is still
actively mined, processed, and shipped from Hutchinson. |
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There
are 27 Walnut Creeks in the state of Kansas. |
