Trivia
The Kansas state bird
What is the western meadowlark?
The state that borders Kansas in the west
What is Colorado?
The highest point in Kansas
What is Mount Sunflower
He searched for gold on behalf of the king of Spain where the Kansas River is formed by other rivers.
Who was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
He blazed the Chisholm Trail so that cattle could be driven from Texas to Abilene, Kansas.
Who was Jesse Chisolm?
The Kansas state tree
What is the cottonwood?
The state that borders Kansas in the north
What is Nebraska?
The geographic center of the 48 contiguous states is one mile north of this city.
What is Lebanon?
He claimed all the land drained by the Mississippi River for France.
Who is Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sier de LaSalle?
The man responsible for establishing the Santa Fe Trail
Who was William Becknell?
The sunflower
What is the Kansas state flower?
The river that forms the northeastern border
What is the Missouri River?
A hilly, forested region in the northeastern section of the state
What are the Dissected Till Plains?
The United States acquired a large territory including Kansas under this agreement with France.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
He introduced a bill in Congress to create two new territories, Kansas and Nebraska.
Who was Stephen Douglas?
The bison
What is the Kansas state animal
The state that borders Kansas in the south
What is Oklahoma?
Another name for the Kansas grasslands
What is prairie?
The Kansa, Pawnee, Osage, and Kiowa Apache
Who were the Native Americans living in the region known as Kansas?
She carried on a crusade to enforce temperance by smashing saloons with an axe.
Who was Carry Nation?
The honeybee
What is the Kansas state insect?
The region of the country where Kansas is located
What are the Great Plains
Located on a ranch in Osborne County, it is the continent's center which includes corrections for the curvature of the earth.
What is the geodetic center?
In 1806, he traveled through Kansas to make a peace treaty with the Indians.
Who was Zebulon Montgomery Pike?
Brave riders who delivered the mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to San Francisco, California
Who were the Pony Express Riders?