Kansan

Jayhawk

Kansas university symbol

• TopekaKansas state capital
• WichitaKansas's largest city
• Free StateAntislavery jurisdiction historically
• MidwesternerCentral American states resident

Dorothy Gale · plainsman · heartlander · native · resident · homegrown · state pride · Jayhawker

Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Bob Dole
• Amelia EarhartVanished female pilot
• Langston Hughes
• Charlie ParkerBebop alto saxophone innovator

Buster Keaton · Gordon Parks · Dennis Hopper · Hattie McDaniel

Brown v. Board

Desegregation Supreme Court decision

• Free StateAntislavery jurisdiction historically
• Dust BowlThirties prairie ecological collapse
• homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
• pioneerEarly explorer or settler

settler · abolition · John Brown · Santa Fe Trail · territorial · statehood · westward expansion · covered wagon

tallgrass prairie

Ecosystem of towering native grasses

• plainsBroad, level grasslands
• Arkansas RiverMajor Plains waterway
• Tornado AlleyMidwest's high-cyclone zone
• bluestemPerennial prairie grass

wildflowers · High Plains · flat terrain · windswept · open range · pastureland · limestone

wheat

Cereal crop for flour

• breadbasketMajor grain-producing region
• soybeansProtein-rich Asian legume
• combine harvesterAll-in-one grain gatherer
• grain elevatorTall crop storage facility

silos · farmstead · amber waves · harvest · cattle · feedlot · crop rotation · tillage

Osage

Great Plains indigenous nation

• powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
• barbecueSlow-cook over coals
• rodeoCowboy skills competition
• small-townLimited local outlook

church supper · high school football · neighborly · self-reliant · stoic · hardworking · unpretentious · storm cellar