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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.
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.
Map of the United States with Kansas highlighted. Kansas is a state located in the Midwestern United States.According to the 2023 United States Census estimate its population is 2,940,546 and Kansas has a growth rate of 0.09% annually, which ranks 31st among all 50 states.
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 ...
The Marais des Cygnes massacre (/ ˌ m ɛər d ə ˈ z iː n,-ˈ s iː n, ˈ m ɛər d ə z iː n /, [1] [2] also / m ə ˌ r iː d ə ˈ s iː n, m ə ˌ r eɪ d ə ˈ s eɪ n /) [citation needed] is considered the last significant act of violence in Bleeding Kansas prior to the outbreak of 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.
Topeka (/ t ə ˈ p iː k ə / tə-PEE-kə) [9] is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. [1] It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeastern Kansas, in the Central United States.
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