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The Sunflower State

   Kansas, lying in the heart of Tornado Alley, sets the stage for the forever popular 1939 film, the Wizard of OZ. These broad plains are not only swept with devasating storms, but also filled with 19th century history. During a transition period from Indian Territory to homesteaders, the state's cattle drives, numerous railroad lines, and deep seeded political wars over the slavery filled its history pages. Dodge City reconnects visitors with its colorful past with Front Street shops and bars, the Boot Hill Cemetery, and stories of its rough and rowdy ways.
   Today, the state is a leader in agriculture, producing wheat, soybeans, sorghum, and sunflowers. Eastern Kansas, part of the Grain Belt, is noted for cattle, hogs and corn.
   Kansas visitors are drawn to its 10 national historic sites and preserves, plus 25 state parks and nine scenic byways located throughout the state.

 



Kansas Points of Interest

   Region: Eastern Wooded Hills

Feature Title: Nearby City:
Louisburg Cider Mill Louisburg
Neosho Falls Neosho Falls


   Region: Flint Hills

Feature Title: Nearby City:
Hays Limestone Barn Council Grove
Lower Fox Creek Schoolhouse Strong City
Tallgrass Prairie Preserve Strong City
Flint Hills Byway Strong City
Pony Express Station Marysville
Chase County Courthouse Cottonwood Falls
Chase Lake Falls Cottonwood Falls
Bushong Ghost Town Bushong


   Region: Central Prairie

Feature Title: Nearby City:
Old Cowtown Museum Wichita
Mushroom Rock Cameiro
Old Oxford Mill Oxford


   Region: Western High Plains

Feature Title: Nearby City:
Dodge City No. 1139 Dodge City
Dodge City Dodge City
Monument Rocks Oakley
Smoky Valley Byway Ogallah
Castle Rock Quinter
Dalton Gang Hideout Meade
Cimarron National Grassland Wilburton





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