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GOVERNOR

JEFF COLYER

STATE OF

KANSAS

Jeffrey William Colyer, is an American surgeon and Clark’s exploration through present-day Jackson tural states, producing high yields of wheat, corn,
the 47th Governor of Kansas. A Republican, he County. sorghum, and soybeans. Kansas, which has an
served as the 49th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas area of 82,278 square miles (213,100 km2)
since 2011, as a member of the Kansas Senate from Giving recognitions to a confluence of rivers and re- is the 15th-largest state by area and is the 34th
2009 to 2011, and in the Kansas House of Repre- sources, Kansas City served for decades as a central most-populous of the 50 states with a population of
sentatives from 2007 to 2009. point along three major Western migration trails, in- 2,911,641. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans.
cluding the Oregon Trail, which celebrates its 175th Mount Sunflower is Kansas’s highest point at 4,041
Kansas is a Midwestern state Its capital is Topeka and anniversary in 2018. feet.
its largest city is Wichita. Kansas embodies the U.S.
heartland with its Great Plains setting of rolling wheat The Lewis and Clark Lookout highlights this journey ansas alongside great schools, a low cost of living
fields. The Museum of World Treasures in Wichita, as well, as a statue marks the spot where Lewis and and vibrant communities, Kansas enjoy an aston-
the state’s largest city, covers world history from di- Clark paused atop a steep bluff (in now-Downtown ishing quality of life. Kansas cities offer an array of
nosaurs to Elvis, while the open-air Old Cowtown Kansas City) to take in a sweeping panorama of the exceptional cultural options from food and music to
Museum traces the city’s pioneer past. In nearby Missouri River Valley. sports and art. Of course, it also famous for their
Hutchinson, the Cosmosphere displays the Russian friendly small towns, scenic natural beauty and wide-
Vostok and Apollo 13 spacecrafts. Visit Westport to follow historical trail markers and ex- open spaces.
Year round, visitors can check out the National plore the oldest neighborhood in the city—another
Frontier Trails Museum for an in-depth look at KC’s former starting line for Westward expansion. With a population of just over 2.9 million, Kansas
trailblazing history, including insights into Lewis and Kansas was one of the most productive agricul- packs a heavy economic punch. A proactive legis
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