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In 1903, the Central Kansas Fair was recognized by an act of the state legislature to give the fair association the license to legitimately call their event "The Kansas State Fair". [2] 1904 Kansas State Fair Advertisement. In 1912, 112 acres (45 ha) of land north of 17th Avenue and east of Main Street were purchased for expansion.
The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant was a smokeless powder and propellant manufacturing facility in De Soto within Johnson County, Kansas. Constructed after the attack on Pearl Harbor pushed the United States into World War II , it was the largest ammunition plant in the world during operation.
Operation Sonnenblume (Unternehmen Sonnenblume, "Operation Sunflower") was the name given to the dispatch of German and Italian troops to North Africa in February 1941, during the Second World War. The Italian 10th Army ( 10ª Armata ) had been destroyed by the British, Commonwealth, Empire and Allied Western Desert Force attacks during ...
Kansas Railfest 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Great Plains Transportation Museum, 700 E. Douglas Train enthusiasts will be able to enjoy train rides, music, displays, vendors, a scavenger hunt and more.
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The oldest state fair is that of The Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair, established in 1738, and is the oldest fair in Virginia and the United States. [1] The first U.S. state fair was the New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. [2] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which ran from 1849 [3] to 2009.
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English: Relief location map of Kansas, USA. Geographic limits of the map: N: 40.2° N; ... Hillsdale Lake (Kansas) Mount Sunflower; Prairie Dog State Park; Melvern ...