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Major Industry Invades Nation's Top Wheat Producer;
Agriculture. Manufacturing Provide Diversified Economy
TOPEKA, Kas. Right in the started slightly more than 15 zinc. The state ranks fifth among. At' Hanover, five miles north of land" where thousands of hunters : venirs and mementoes assembled
middle of the U.S.A. lies Kansas , years ago. For example, of the the country's producers of crude U.S. 36 between Washington and gather annually each fall for a 10-1 during his boyhood, military and
a state which offers visitors more! 80 new plants gained by Kansas! oil or petroleum and Hugoton, j Marysville, there still stands the day period of hunting thrills. This; presidential days. The boyhood
lurprises than a dozen Houdinis. ' during JS55, 40 per cent or more a southwestern Kansas city, is in, only original, unaltered pony ex- area is one of the major pheasant home. is kept just as it was when
r-eo?raphy books of 20 years ago landed in communities under 10.-; the heart of the world's natural ' press station in the country. It hunting grounds of the Imted.the presidents mother died about
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the Great Plains states with gent
ly roiling hills in the east and flat
, lands in the west. The state was
predominantly agricultural and it
as getwraHjr-acceptetf tharTtieretKansans;
. was little to see but the golden
wheat fields waving in the warm
breezes of the" Sunflower state.
That picture of Kansas often is
what the" first-time visitor to the
state expects to see today, gut a
series of surprises is in store for
him from the first minute 'he
crosses the borders into Kansas.
Manufacturing Increases
The wheatfields and rolling hills I
ire still there but with them are
hundreds of thriving cities rand l
small towns whose economies (
hive been kept healthy by the1
more than .3,200 manufacturing I
plants now spread ahout the state.
In fact, payrolls of Kansas' manu
facturing plants now ' exceed the
state's total farm income and the
Sunflower state stands as a leader
. in manufacturing growth among
Jts fellow Midwestern states.
( Wichita. Kansas City and Tope
ka are the state's largest and
most prolific manufacturing cen
ters. Wichita, ofttimes referred to
' as the "Air Capital of the World,"
is the Midwestern home of Boeing
Aircraft Company, makers of the
gigantic B-52 jet bomber which
can cruise to far reaches of the
earth easier than grandfather and
grandmother used .to drive to town
for a Saturday shopping trip.
Important Iadustrtes
The Cessna Aircraft Company
and the Beech Aircraft Company,
J both Wichita firms, produce ap
proximately 72 per ..cent of the
total dollar value of personal and
business type' aircraft sold by Uni
ted States manufacturers.
The Fairfax Industrial .District
in Kansas City, Kan., is a model
-'- example of industrial planning in
design and street layout and To-
-. peka, among other things, .is the
home of the Santa Fe Shops, and
an important plant of Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company.
Though Wichita, Kansas City
and Topeka headline manufactur
ing activity, the entire state prof
Its from industrial progress which
000. And. Olathe 'pop. 7.480) won! gas field,
three new manufacturing firms Kansas abounds in ' attractions
including General Motors new wnjch. encourage the tourist ' to
Delco-Remv batterr factory which .t i c,,t a h.
will provide employment for too only the last lew . year that Kan-
Manuraciurlng and the
it is having on Kansas is only one
am friendly and
impactjhave established a
Kansas
' Population 1,905,299
. Ai e, 82,271 sq. mi. (13th).
(31st).
Capital Topeka.
Flower Son Flower.
Bird Westers Meadow
Lark.
Tree Cottonwood.
Admitted to Union Jan.
19, 1861 (34th),
Larger cities Wichita (IRS,
279); Kansas City (129353);
Topeka (78,791); Hutchinson
(33,575).
conservative
statewide ef
fort, to dress, up their attractions
and make them readily available
to travellers. These efforts are
paying off handsomely as visitors
to Kansas tourist attractions dur
ing the summer of 1955 increased
more than 30 per cent.
was a resting -place wnere wearyaics
riders changed horses, refreshed! on yg. 24. near Beloit
themselves at the bar and oft
times stayed for fhe -night as they
spread slMping.gear in a long
room upstairs above the barroom.
Lebaaea Center of Natlea
Farther west on t U.S. 36. is
Smith Center. Just 17 miles north
west of the town; on the banks of
the Beaver River, stands the cab
in home of Dr. Brewster Higley.i
i ninnoor Kmui nhvdrian who and set in a curious limestone a
wrote the words to the famous !" around which cluster several
ten years ago. President Eiscn-
i, jtiower nas trequentiy visited the
historic Waconda Springs, a min-lnom- in museum op
eral pool about 50 feet in diameter! en t0 wolic in 1954.
f 40 uic wrsi ih vuurri are ine
historic cowtowns of " Ellsworth,
; RusseQ and Hays. Four miles east
of Salina is a prehistoric Indian
: Burial Pit containing the skeletal
remains of Indian warriors and
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"But, what," asks the casual song, "Home on the Range." The 'romantic Indian legends.
of the surprises in store for the
visitor.
Breadbasket of the world, Kan
sas is the nation's leading wheat
state, annually producing one-fifth
of the country's supply. However,
Kansas agriculture is varied and
diversified. -The state has 48,500,
000 acres in farmland and pasture,
giving it more acres under culti
vation than, any state except Tex
as, which is five times larger.
In addition to wheat, the state's
leading crops include: corn, oats,
barley, alfalfa and other forage,
grain sorghums, flax, soybeans,
potatoes, sugar beets, apples, and
Lother fruits. Kansas livestock and
cattle shipped in from other states
are fattened on the rich Kansas
pasturelands of which the Flint
Hills is most famous.
Mineral Wealth Large
Kansas consistently ranks
among the top 10 states In the-production
of mineral wealth as 21
minerals are commercially pro
duced annually- in the state. These
minerals Include cement, 'clays,
coal, helium, lead, natural gas,'
natural-gas liquids, - petroleum,
salt, sand and gravel, stone and
inquirer, "is there for the tourist
to see in Kansas?"
j Shrines Major . Attractions
The answer may be found in the
long list of historical, recreational,
and scenic attractions found in the
state's official tourist guide book
published by the Kansas Industrial
Development Commission. .
As the traveller moves across
Kansas highways (the total of
134.000 non-urban miles ranks sec
ond in the nation in highway mile
age) he can see shrines of pioneer
days when the West was getting
its first taste of civilization.
tune was written by Dan Kelley, a
Smith, Center druggist.
"A "must" for the U.S. 3 trav
eller is a visit to the exact center
of the United States near Lebanon,
three miles north and one mile
west of the highway on a hard
surfaced road. The monument at
the U.S.A.'s Center is a popular
subject for photography fans and
the picnic grounds and shelter
house there are welcome reliefs to
tourists.
As the motorist moves through
northwestern Kansas he passes
through the famous
Honors Eiseahewer
The traveller who drives through
the middle of Kansas, west to
east, .will find much to seejalong
U.S. 40. Highlight of .the trip may
well be his visit to the Eisenhower
Memorial Museum and the Eisen
hower Boyhood home, both on the
same tract of land at Abilene, fa
mous cowtown. ,
Located on three acres of land
where. the six Elsenhower boys
plowed, and planted a garden
more than 50 years ago, the beau
tiful Eisenhower -Museum houses
"pheasant the President's collection of sou-
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TOPEKA, Kan.-Kansas isn't all
prairie. Boating opportunities
are available in 22 state
parks. Ono of the most popu
lar is Kanopolis Reservoir
near Ellsworth, shown above.
their families who ante-date Coro
nado's visit to Kansas. The Burial
Pit has been termed one of the
most important archaeological
discoveries in the Midwest. ;
"Major Surprise"
A drive south off of U S. 40 near
Oakley and Quinter in the western
county of Gove will hand the visi
tor a major surprise. Govt county
is the home of the Kansas. Pyra
mids, towering rock ' formations
which stand imposingly above the
otherwise flat Kansas plains.
In Southwestern Kansas, on U.S.
SOS and U.S. 154. is the Cowboy
Capital of the World. Dodge City,
once a wild and wooly western out'
post ruled by Bat Masterson and
Wyatt Earp. The frontier town is
known to millions of theatre, radio
and television fans and "Boot
Hill." its major tourist attraction
annually is visited by thousands
Cimarron. 20 miles west of Dodge
City, is the site of the Cimarron
Crossing, a short cut on the old
Santa Fe Trail which stretched
750 miles from the Missouri river
to Santa Fe, New Mexico, with 500
miles of it in Kansas.
Gang Hideouts Seea
Along the southern border of
Kansas, at Meade (U.S. S4 and
Coffeyyille (U.S. 169). the tourist
can see first. hand the hideouts.
robbery scenes, and graves of the
famous Dalton outlaw cans.
In eastern Kansas thAourist at
tractions abound including Tope
ka, the state capital. Council
Grove, most historic town on the
old Santa Fe Trail, Fort Leaven
worth and Fort Riley.
Contrary to popular notion, Kan
sas has lakes and parks to which
the tourist is not only invited he
is encouraged to come. The lakes
and parks system, currently su-
pervised by the State Forestry,
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TOPEKA, Kan. Geographical center of the United States Is near
Lebanon,' Kan. The monument pictured above, and its su
rounding picnic grounds and shelter Viouie, tomprise a popu
lar mocca for, tourists. (All photos by Kansas Industrial Do
velopment Commission).
Fish and Game Commission, in
cludes 33 lakes well distributed
about the state. Fishermen find a
variety of fish including the popu
lar channel catfish, crappie, bass,
and bluczill. Walleye eggs have
been imported from " Minnesota
the next year, a 238-mile turnpike
will cross Kansas, starting at Kan
sas City and cutting cross-country
to the Oklahoma border south of
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These signs of progress are o -ly
and are hatched In a specially-!. few of the oleasant surprises the
contrived apparatus by the Fish
and Game Commission.
Roadside Parks. Developed .
For the traveller who seeks rest
along the highway,- the highway
commission has provided 124 at
tractive roadside parks and are
adding more all the time. . Within
visitor will find in the Sunflower
state. The people of the state,
proud of the growing importance
of Kansas, are eager that others
learn of the forwardjtrides being
taken. That's why a Kansas slo
gan is "come for a day or for
ever." Which ever you do, you'll
like, the land of. surprises.
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TOPEKA, Kan.-Monument Rocks, picturesque formation near U.
S. Highway 83 between Oakley and Scott City, are all that re
mains of shale and chalk beds which once filled the Smoky
. Hill River Valley. They are also known as the Kansas Pyramids.
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TOPEKA, Kan.-Typlcaf of the largo Industries which have come Into Kansas since World War R
is this Owens Corning Fibroglas Plant in the Fairfax Industry District at Kansas City. The district
is regarded as an outstanding example of Industrial planning and design ' '
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TOPEKA, Kan.-oyhood homo of President Eisenhower at Abi- j
lene, Kan., draws thousands each year. Noit to it is the 130
000 Eisenhower Memorial, containing a large collection of his
souvenirs and momontos, which is on a three-acre plot where
six liaanhewec boys gardened 50 yaars ago.
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TOPEKA, Kan. Kansas annually yield sone-fifth of the nation's
wheat and Is the leading wheat-producing state. Above h a
typical Kansas scene in early summer - the cuttin'-'l tha
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