| On June 8, 1966 one of these destroyed 800 homes & did $100 million damage in Topeka |
a tornado |
200 |
June 10, 2015 |
| Before Alaska & Hawaii were states, this point was near Lebanon in north central Kansas |
the (geographic) center of the U.S. |
400 |
June 10, 2015 |
| The main campus of the University of Kansas occupies 1,000 acres of this city |
Lawrence |
600 |
June 10, 2015 |
| This 10-letter occupation is the complete epitaph on the grave of William Inge in Independence, Kansas |
playwright |
800 |
June 10, 2015 |
| John Kloehr & other citizens of Coffeyville, Kansas made sure that this gang's Oct. 5, 1892 raid was its last |
the Dalton Gang |
1000 |
June 10, 2015 |
| Kansas is the heartland--this point for the lower 48 states is even located near the town of Lebanon |
the geographic center |
200 |
February 15, 2005 |
| Cyrus Holliday helped found this city & became president of the railroad whose name included it |
Topeka |
400 |
February 15, 2005 |
| The skyscrapers of much of Kansas are silos & this type of structure seen here |
a grain elevator |
600 |
February 15, 2005 |
| Located in the K.C. Metro Area, the city called this "Park" is now Kansas' largest after Wichita |
Overland Park |
800 |
February 15, 2005 |
| A Coffeyville museum tells of the 1892 attempted bank robbery by this gang & how they got shot up by the citizenry |
the Dalton Boys |
1000 |
February 15, 2005 |
| On the whole, Kansas leads the nation in this, the world's most important grain |
wheat |
100 |
May 27, 1986 |
| The chamber of commerce of Dodge City stands on this notorious landmark |
Boot Hill |
200 |
May 27, 1986 |
| Found on the state flag & the name of Kansas' highest peak, it's also the state flower |
the sunflower |
300 |
May 27, 1986 |
| Kansans Walter Beecher & Clyde Cessna helped make Wichita #1 manufacturer of these in the world |
small airplanes |
400 |
May 27, 1986 |
| Family name of bros. Wm. & Karl who founded a Topeka clinic pioneering in psychiatric treatment |
Menninger |
500 |
May 27, 1986 |