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Native Americans inhabited Kansas thousands of years before Spanish conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explored the territory in 1541. Though looking for gold and the fabled Land of Quivira, Coronado instead found what he called ''the best country I have ever seen for producing all the products of Spain.'' Other early explorers of Kansas were partners Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Army Captain Zebulon Pike also explored the area, continuing westward to discover what is now Pikes Peak in Colorado.

The geographical centre of North America, Kansas is a major agricultural area, with vast areas of farmland. As highway signs remind travellers, ‘Every Kansas farmer feeds 75 people – and you.’ It was through Kansas that families on the Oregon and Santa Fe trails drove their wagons westwards in search of new homesteads, while cowboys on the Chisholm Trail drove vast herds of longhorns north in search of the railroads.

By the 1840s, traders and immigrants had established the Santa Fe and Chisholm Trails across the region. Kansas's pre-Civil War activities included the exploits of John Brown, who operated part of the Underground Railroad for slaves escaping through Kansas. Many clashes occurred between antislavery and proslavery forces as Kansas was being admitted to the Union. As railroads expanded westward, the era of cattle drives made such towns as Abilene, Hays, Wichita, and Dodge City centers of the legendary Old West, as did such men as Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickock, and the Dalton Gang.

Eastern Kansas is green, fertile, and hilly, with woods, streams, and lakes. Western Kansas is a part of the Great Plains, once the grass-covered haunt of the buffalo. In 1874, Mennonite immigrants from Russia introduced their Turkey Red wheat seed to Kansas soil, helping to establish Kansas as the breadbasket of the nation. Today agriculture has expanded to include a wide range of crops, cattle, and other livestock. Other leading industries include the manufacturing of airplanes and farm equipment, salt mining, and oil refining.

Water-related activities, hiking, riding, various other sports, picnicking and visitor centers, as well as camping, are available in many areas of Kansas. Annual vehicle permit is $35; daily vehicle permit is $5. There is camping at most areas (two-week maximum). Daily camping permit is $6.50; electricity, water, trailer utility hookup is $5-$8. Pets on hand-held leash or in cage only; no pets on bathing beaches.

The state maintains more than 35 state fishing lakes and 48 wildlife management and public hunting areas. Crappie, walleye, bass, and channel catfish abound in many lakes and streams to lure the fishing enthusiast. Deer, quail, pheasant, ducks, geese, and many other species of game attract the hunter.

Kansas is a rolling prairie land that is remarkably homogeneous. The elevation of the state gains nearly 3,000 feet from east to west. A few miles from the Colorado border is the high point of the state, Mt. Sunflower, which reaches 4,039 feet. This area of the state is known as the high plains and was once covered by shortgrass prairie. Today most of the region is cultivated with only small parcels of native prairie lands. The northwestern area is carved by many streams and rivers. Interstate 70 is the major thorofare through this region.

Expect to encounter typical Midwestern temperatures in Kansas--hot summers, with more humidity in the eastern part of the state; cold, sometimes harsh, winters; and a propensity for tornadoes, thunderstorms, and blizzards. Tornadoes are most likely from May-June; half the annual precipitation falls from May-August. Summer, despite the heat, is the most popular time to visit.

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