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63
abolitionism, 19–20, 31
See also
slavery
Bellevue, NE, 44, 46, 60
birds, state
Kansas, 6
Nebraska, 34
Brown, John, 19
Brown, Oliver, 24
Buffett, Warren, 56, 59
Central Lowlands, 9–10, 38
Chalk Pyramids (Monument Rocks),
9,
10
Cheyenne Bottoms, 13–14
Chimney Rock, NE, 40–41
civil rights, 24
Civil War, 20, 47–48, 49
Clark, William, 17–18
Clay, Henry,
18
climate
in Kansas, 11–12
in Nebraska, 41–43
Cody, Buffalo Bill, 60–61
“
Cornhusker State.
” See
Nebraska
Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de,
14, 16
Crazy Horse (chief),
50
, 51
Dole, Robert (
“
Bob
”
),
25
Douglas, Stephen,
45
dust storms, 23–24
economy
of Kansas, 26–27, 29
of Nebraska, 53–55, 57
Eisenhower, Dwight, 28
Exodusters, 21
Flint Hills, 10–11
flowers, state
Kansas, 6
Nebraska, 34
Ford, Gerald, 56
France, 16–17, 43
Freeman, Daniel, 4
9
French and Indian War, 17
fur trade, 16, 43–44
geography
of Kansas, 7–14
of Nebraska, 35–43
government
of Kansas, 24, 26
of Nebraska, 51–53, 62
Hagel, Chuck,
53
High Plains Region, 8–9, 40
Homestead Act of 1862, 46,
49
“
Indian Country,
”
18
See also
Kansas
Indian Removal Act, 18, 33
See also
Native American tribes
Jefferson, Thomas, 17
Kansa (Kaw) tribe, 14
Kansas
agriculture in, 21–23, 26–27
cities in, 30–31
climate in, 11–12
diversity in, 29–30
economy of, 26–27, 29
facts, 6
famous people from, 28
geography of, 7–14
government of, 24, 26
history of, 14, 16–24,
45
industry in, 26
lakes in, 13–14
mineral resources in, 27, 29
nickname of, 6, 7
population of, 6, 20–21, 29–31
Prohibition in, 22
rivers in, 8, 14
Kansas City, KS, 30–31
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 18–19, 44
Lancaster, NE.
See
Lincoln, NE
Lawrence, KS, 19, 20, 28, 31
Lewis, Meriwether, 17–18
Lincoln, NE, 34, 38, 48,
52, 58
,
59–60
Lisa, Manuel, 44
Long, Stephen H., 34
Louisiana Purchase, 17, 43, 49
Mallet, Paul, 36
Mallet, Pierre, 36
Missouri Compromise, 18–19,
45
Missouri Fur Company, 43–44
Monowi, NE, 61
Monument Rocks (Chalk Pyramids),
9,
10
Mount Sunflower (KS), 6, 8,
14
Naismith, James, 31
Nation, Carrie A., 22
Native American tribes, 14,
15
, 16,
36–37, 44, 49–51
and the Indian Removal Act, 18,
33
Nebraska
and agriculture, 35,
39
, 40,
47
,
47–48, 53–55
cities in, 46, 59–61
climate of, 41–43
diversity in, 57–58
economy of, 53–55, 57
Index
Numbers in
bold italics
refer to captions.