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Vermeer invents the first machine to dig, transport and replace large trees in the 1960s. The first larger round hay baler was invented by Gary Vermeer in 1971. Allis Chalmers first introduced the small round rotobaler in 1947. Vermeer begins building large trenchers to lay underground pipelines in the 1980s.
Area code Location 316: city of Wichita and the surrounding area 620: most of southern Kansas, excluding those areas covered by the 316 area code 785: most of northern Kansas, excluding those areas covered by the 913 area code 913: the Kansas portion of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, and in 1861, Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1872, Harvey County was established within the Kansas Territory which included the land for modern day Hesston. A post office was established as Elivon on February 10, 1873. It then moved near the current city site on April 24, 1878. [5]
Vassar is a census-designated place (CDP) in Osage County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population was 584. [ 2 ] It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Lyndon , also about half a mile south of Pomona Lake .
Kalvesta is an unincorporated community in Finney County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located along K-156 about 20 miles (32 km) west of Jetmore and 18 miles (29 km) north-northeast of Cimarron. Kalvesta consists only of two large grain elevators and a dealership for heavy farm implements, along with half a dozen houses.
Blue Rapids is located in northeastern Kansas near the junction of the Little Blue and Big Blue rivers. Located on highway US-77/K-9, Blue Rapids is 5 miles (8.0 km) east of its sister town Waterville, 12 miles (19 km) south of the county seat Marysville, 13 miles (21 km) west of Frankfort, and 46 miles (74 km) north of the large university town of Manhattan.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 21.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males.
For millennia, the land now known as Kansas was inhabited by Native Americans. In 1803, most of modern Kansas was secured by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1859, Wabaunsee County was founded. The first house was built at Alma in ...