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Map of Topeka, Kansas, 1869.
這張在1869年堪薩斯州托貝卡市的鳥瞰圖,可以讓你對堪薩斯平原有一點概念

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堪薩斯 (Kansas) 於1861129日以自由州的身份加入聯邦

沒有任何一個地方比得上自己的家鄉!沒有任何一個地方比得上自己的家鄉!「綠野仙蹤」 (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) 裡的桃樂絲 (Dorothy) 並不是唯一一個對堪薩斯有這種感覺的人。現在住在堪薩斯的260萬人,以及歷史上在這裡居住過的所有人,都有相同的感覺。堪薩斯州也被稱為「向日葵之州」、「小麥州」、「游擊隊之州」,以及「中途之州」,於1861129日以自由州的身份成為美國的第34州。為什麼是「自由的」呢?


There's no place like home! There's no place like home! Dorothy from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is not the only person to express these feelings about Kansas. So would some 2.6 million Kansans living there today and many more throughout the state's history. Sometimes called the "Sunflower State," "Wheat State," "Jayhawker State," and "Midway, USA," Kansas entered the Union as the 34th state, a free state, on January 29, 1861. Why is it "free"?

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