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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 ...
Image Date listed Date removed Location City or town Description 1: Funston Home: September 3, 1971 (#71000301) April 21, 1995: 14 South Washington: Iola: Boyhood home of General Frederick Funston. Damaged during a storm in April, 1994.
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.
Here's how 21 incorporated cities in Kansas — including Topeka, Grenola, Argonia, Council Grove and Gas — got their interesting and unique names.
Tragic Prelude is a mural painted by the American artist John Steuart Curry for the Kansas State Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas. It is located on the east side of the second floor rotunda . On the north wall it depicts the abolitionist John Brown with a Bible in one hand, on which the Greek letters alpha and omega of Revelation 1:8 can be seen.
The Kansas state government, city of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Judicial Center and Shawnee County District Court were all closed for the day. Fort Riley and Irwin Army Hospital were operating ...