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The Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966 [nb 1] [nb 2] was a series of tornado outbreaks which occurred between June 2 and June 12. The nearly two week event of severe weather was mainly concentrated in the Midwestern (Great Plains) region of the United States, but was widely spread out to areas as far south as Texas and Florida, and as far east as New York.
Politics: In Kansas, the political atmosphere was highly divided. Towns were either proslavery or abolitionist. When Kansas became a free state in 1861, proslavery towns died out. Survival of a town also depended on it winning the county seat. Towns that were contenders for the county seat and lost typically had most, if not all, of their town ...
By 3:06 a.m. on Thursday, December 16, the Four County Fire had reached a burned area of approximately 96,000 acres (39,000 ha) and satellites had detected heat from the wildfire seven miles away near Russell, Kansas. [11] Due to the wildfires and strong winds, 24 out of the 105 counties in Kansas issued local disaster declarations.
Originally located at Rd. Y, 0.5 miles west of intersection with U.S. Highway 283, 2 miles north of K-9 and 6 miles northeast of Lenora 5: West Sappa Creek Lattice: January 4, 1990 : Northwest of Norton over West Sappa Creek
Here's how 21 incorporated cities in Kansas — including Topeka, Grenola, Argonia, Council Grove and Gas — got their interesting and unique names.
900, 902, and 904 S. Kansas Ave. Topeka: Turn-of-the-20th-century classical revival furniture warehouse significant in Topeka's commercial history. [6] Contributing site of the South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District. 41: HTK Architects Office Building
Sherman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat is Goodland. [3] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 5,927. [2] Sherman County was created by the Legislature of 1873, and named after general William Sherman, a general during the American Civil War.
The storm brought Topeka's heaviest snowfall this cold-weather season, with the previous high amount being 2.9 inches recorded on Jan. 15. Topeka officially received 0.3 inches late Tuesday, with ...