Kansas Curiosities

Kansas Curiosities

Author: Pam Grout

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2010-06-15

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 0762765798

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Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Sunflower State has to offer! Whether you’re a born-and-raised Kansan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Kansas Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Pam Grout takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Sunflower State. Visit the Museum of the World’s Largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Versions of the World’s Largest Things—and get your own largest ball starter kit. Meet more chainsaw-wielding, glow-in-the-dark-scrap-metal-zoo-building, grapefruit-peel-sculpting, papier-mâché-mixing, porcelain-pig-painting grassroots artists than you can shake a stick at! Get a load of Big Brutus, a sixteen-story coal shovel that has become a popular tourist attraction; and discover the thrill of an indoor hurricane—it’ll blow you away.


Kansas Curiosities

Kansas Curiosities

Author: Pam Grout

Publisher: Globe Pequot

Published: 2006-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780762741045

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Discover over 200 of the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things Kansas has to offer.


Kansas Facts and Symbols

Kansas Facts and Symbols

Author: Kathleen W. Deady

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9780736822466

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Presents information about the state of Kansas, its nickname, flag, motto, and emblems.


Kansas

Kansas

Author: Bill Thomas

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2005-12-15

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780836846652

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Provides an in-depth and comprehensive portrait of the state of Kansas, including its history, people, land, economy, and government.


Kansas Oddities

Kansas Oddities

Author: Roger L Ringer

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2009-05-04

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1439664420

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Touch down at Dead Cow International Airport and sample the state's bumper crop of bizarre history. The most commonplace sights contain unlikely stories, from the bulldozer's Morrowsville origins to the sunflower's journey from outlawed weed to state symbol. Some of this heritage lies submerged or buried, like the world's only saltwater spring, which now sits at the bottom of a man-made lake. Rumored caches of the Fleagle Gang's loot still draw treasure hunters in spades. From mariachi legends to rodeo roundups, Roger Ringer gathers in a vast and varied harvest of Kansas lore.


Explorer's Guide Kansas

Explorer's Guide Kansas

Author: Lisa Waterman Gray

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2011-06-06

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 1581578776

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With Explorer’s Guides, expert authors and helpful icons make it easy to locate places of extra value, family-friendly activities, and excellent restaurants and lodgings. Regional and city maps help you get around and What’s Where provides a quick reference on everything from tourist attractions to off-the-beaten-track sites. Along with Amish farms, rolling countryside, and interesting history, Kansas offers rodeos, powwows, pancake races, Renaissance fairs, and spinach festivals. Kansas is known for wheat, cattle, and wide-open spaces, but it also has day spas, boutique hotels, museums, concerts, and vital urban scenes. There’s a lot to see and do here; with an insider guiding you, you can expect extras, like a detailed look at the exciting cultural centers of eastern Kansas, with their fine restaurants, nightlife, and art. There really is no place like Kansas!


Kansas History Projects

Kansas History Projects

Author: Carole Marsh

Publisher: Gallopade International

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0635093367

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This unique book combines state-specific facts and 30 fun-to-do hands-on projects. The History Project Book includes creating a cartoon panel to describe how your state name may have come about, creating a fort replica, making a state history museum, dressing up as a famous explorer and recreating the main discovery, and more! Kids will have a blast and build essential knowledge skills including research, reading, writing, science and math. Great for students in K-8 grades and for displaying in the classroom, library or home.