Dodge City / Hamlet / Springfield / Tombstone / Topeka / Kansas City / /
Company
Tecumseh / Texas Instruments / Astra / Bombardier / Meredith Corporation / Aviation Capital / Kansas Historical Society Emporia Gazette / Boeing / /
Continent
North America / /
Country
France / United States / Soviet Union / Spain / /
Currency
USD / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
Oscar / Walk of Fame / Academy Award / the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame / /
Event
Natural Disaster / Person Travel / Employment Change / Movie Release / /
Facility
Fort Riley / Kansas outpost / University of Kansas / Fort Leavenworth / Capitol dome / Kansas State University / /
Holiday
Independence Day / /
IndustryTerm
natural gas / airplane manufacturing plants / pharmaceuticals / meatpacking / flour milling / livestock products / pet nutrition / airplane manufacturing / steel / river systems / the biosciences / hightech products / brought mining / animal / cement / oil production / /
Movie
Gone with the Wind / The Learning Tree / Gunfight at the O.K. Corral / The Cider House Rules / Anchorman /
MusicAlbum
Photo / /
MusicGroup
the Union / Kansas / /
NaturalFeature
Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean / Mount Sunflower / Kaw river / Arkansas river / Verdigris River / Missouri river / Flint Hills / /
Organization
House of Representatives / Supreme Court / Supreme / Army / Allied Forces in Europe / Senate / Cavalry Regiment / State Board of Education / U.S. Supreme Court / Chicago Bears / United States Army / University of Kansas / Country Music Association / Department of Commerce / National Football League / Oxford’s British Drama Academy / Kansas Historical Society / Kansas Senate / Kansas Historical Society France / state government / Academy of Country Music / Custer’s court / Pasadena’s American Academy of Dramatic Arts / Kansas Legislature / United States Senate / White House / Civil War / Kansas State University / National Security Council / Department of Commerce Kansas / Kansas government / /
Person
William Allen White Emporia / Richard B. Myers Merriam Gordon Parks / Kerry Livgren / Walter Johnson / Dean Smith / Francisco Vasquez de Coronado / Nancy Landon Kassebaum / Walter P. Chrysler / Martina McBride Sharon / Vivian Vance / Gale Sayers Wichita Gale Sayers / James Naismith / Coleman Hawkins / Hattie McDaniel Wichita Hattie McDaniel / Jack Kilby / Layton Steuart Curry / Bob Dole / James Reynolds / Buffalo Bill Cody / Alf Landon / Kris W. Kobach / John Brown / David Mathias Kansas / Barry Sanders / Dan Carney / Andrew Southam / Edward J. Dwight Jr. / Charles Curtis / Bob Dole Russell / Amelia Earhart Atchison / Dan Carney Wichita / George A. Custer / George Armstrong Custer Fort Riley / Ben Kingsley / Paul Rudd / John J. Ingalls / Amelia Earhart / David Mathias Athletes / William Allen White / Dennis Hopper / Richard Myers / Kirstie Alley / Martina McBride / Supporting Actress / Ron Evans / Jim Ryun / James Naismith Lawrence / Melissa Etheridge / Clint Boyer / Lynette Woodard / John Steuart Curry / Coaches Jim Ryun Wichita Jim Ryun / William Tecumseh Sherman / Charlie Parker / Bill Clinton / Wild Bill Hickock / Jackie Stiles / Don Johnson / Gordon Parks Fort Scott Richard / Dwight D. Eisenhower / /
PoliticalEvent
Presidential Election / /
Position
President / football player / President / the Secretary of Defense / Governor / Lieutenant Governor / Secretary of State / entrepreneur / Secretary of State / Attorney General / Lieutenant Governor / Secretary of State / Executive / editorial director / jazz saxophonist and composer / gifted runner / physical education instructor / actor / public speaker / Vocalist / writer and composer / Lieutenant Colonel / Senator / amateur runner / runner / Governor / Chairman / professor and the first basketball coach / photographer / Majority Leader / Fame halfback / Commander / 34th President of the United States / first black staff photographer / military officer and the lead advisor / Minority Leader / /
Why is Kansas called the nation’s Heartland? Well, partly because Kansas is the exact geographic center of the contiguous 48 states. Kansas is 411 miles long and 208 miles wide, making it the 14th biggest state in the