Kansas , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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KANSAS , state, United States kan z s, midwestern...important to the states economy, and Kansas...processing ranked as the states third largest industry...nonelectrical machinery. The state is a major producer...Manhattan; Wichita State Univ., at Wichita...revolutionized the life of the Native Americans...France, from whom the United States acquired it in the...were constructed for frontier defense and for the...took their place. Pioneer homesteaders, adjusting...