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Interesting Kansas Facts
The windiest city in the United State is Dodge City. At one time
in Kansas, it was against the law to
serve ice cream on cherry pie. Susan Salter was the first woman mayor in
the United State in the city
of Argonia. Waterbeds for horses are used in surgery
at Kansas State University College of Veterinary
Medicine. Hattie McDaniel’s, from “Gone with the Wind,” was
the first black woman to win an Academy
Award. Almon Stowger of El Dorado invented the dial telephone in 1889. The
first helicopter was
invented by William Purvis and Charles Wilson of Goodland in
1909. Largest Cities: Wichita. Border
States: Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Capital City:
Topeka-Statehood: January 29,
1861 (34th)-Population: 2,712,000 Nickname: Sunflower State-Motto: Ad Astra per Aspera (To the
stars through
difficulties) Origin of State Name: From the Sioux Indian for "south wind people."-Counties:
105 Largest
Cities: Wichita-Border States: Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma Land Area: 81,783
sq. mi., 13th largest-Highest Point: Mt. Sunflower,
4,039 ft. Lowest Point: Verdigris River,
679 ft.-State
Bird: Western Meadowlark=State Flower: Sunflower-State Tree: Cottonwood (populus)-State Song:
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