The Story of Kansas In 100 Landmarks

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 Kansas landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Sunflower State. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Santa Fe Trail... wind engines... the Mother Road... basketball...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Bleeding Kansas... POW camps... Prairie Cathedrals... frozen water</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>trade... mimetic architecture... Norman No. 1... the CCC... World's</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Fastest Half-Mile... grassroots art... the golden age of motoring...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Big House... salt mines... Kansas-Nebraska Act... post rock...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Air Capital of the World... Pony Express... Marsh Rainbow Arches...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>soddies... Samson of the Cimarron... silkworms... Quantrill's Raid...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>one-room schools... round barns... atmospheric theaters... Hancock's</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>War... Devil's rope... This book will have you telling stories like a native</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>in no time.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets that</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>make Kansas uniquely Kansas. Where were some of the most sensi-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>tive weaponry of World War II stored in Kansas? Solved. What Kansan</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>reached the second highest elective office in the country? A mystery</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>no more. Where was the first Boot Hill in the West? Identified. What</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>canine sport was invented in the Sunflower State? Revealed.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only Kansas can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the Sunflower State standing in plain sight on Kasnas streets!</span></p><p></p>