Kansas Written by Talitha

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KansasWritten by Talitha Candice

• Kansas is the 15th biggest state in the United
  States.
• Topeka is the capital city in Kansas.
• Kansas is nick named the Sunflower State.
• The Civil War started a few months after Kansas
  became a state.

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Work People Do

• Leading wheat producing state in the nation.
• Manufacturing- transportation equipment, such as
  aircraft parts, railroad cars, trailers for
  trucks and passenger cars.
• Mining- petroleum natural gas

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Landmarks

• Eisenhower Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas.
• Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson,
  Kansas.
• Monument Rocks, called the Pyramids of Kansas,
  are in the valley of the Smoky Hill River.
• Old Front Street in Dodge City

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Famous People

• Storybook girl named Dorothy from the Wizard of
  Oz.
• Dwight David Eisenhower grew up in Kansas and
  became the 34th President of the United States.
• Amelia Earhart, born in Atchison, became the
  first woman to fly an airplane across the
  Atlantic Ocean.

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States That Border

• East Missouri
• West Colorado
• North Nebraska
• South Oklahoma

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Kansas

• Kansas State Bird is called Western Meadowlark

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Kansas

• State Flower is the Sunflower