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2. Railroad land grants in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The land rush climaxed in the 1870s in Minnesota, Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, as the population more than doubled from 1.0 million in 1870 to 2.4 million in 1880, while the number of farms tripled from 99,000 to 302,000, and the improved acreage quintupled from 5.0 million acres to 24.6 million. [16]

3. Whitney Ranch - Wikipedia

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   The Western Land and Cattle Company, an English land firm, established the ranch in 1882; the company was part of a wave of English investors hoping to make money in Great Plains ranching. The ranch initially both raised its own cattle and served as a waypoint for shipping cattle between the company's ranch in Hartley County, Texas and markets ...

4. Free land? How about a free house? Kansas town tries a ... - AOL

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   In Kansas City or even Salina, 40 miles southeast of Lincoln, a builder who spends $150,000 to construct a new home can safely assume it will sell for far more than $150,000, ensuring a profit.

5. Liberal, Kansas - Wikipedia

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   Liberal is a center of broadcast media for southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle. Two AM and seven FM radio stations are licensed to and broadcast from the city. [49] [50] Liberal is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas television market, [51] and one television station broadcasts from the city: KSWE-LD, a sister station of KDGL-LD in ...

6. Geography of Kansas - Wikipedia

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   Spring River, Kansas. Nearly 75 mi (121 km) of the state's northeastern boundary is defined by the Missouri River.The Kansas River (locally known as the Kaw), formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers at appropriately-named Junction City, joins the Missouri River at Kansas City, after a course of 170 mi (270 km) across the northeastern part of the state.

7. National Geographic says a spot near Wichita offers the best ...

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   According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’ website, the daily vehicle fee to visit any state park is $5 when purchased at a park office and $6 when purchased online. The annual ...