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Francisco Vásquez de Coronado was the first european to set foot in modern day Kansas. It was originally inhabited by Indians.
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Most of Kansas is purchased from Napoleon Bonapart. However, southwest Kansas belonged to Spain, Mexico and the Republic of Texas.
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The first settlement of white Americans in Kansas. Kansas was still not officially a state.
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The end of the Mexican-American War. Southwestern Kansas is freed from Spain, Mexico and the Republic of Texas.
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1854 to 1860. Anti-slavery and pro_slavery settlers battle for popular sovereignty. Kansas became a free state.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed. Nebraska and Kansas are added to the United States as territories.
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Kansas was admitted to the US as the 34th state. Kansas was also a free state.
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William Quantrill leads a raid on Lawrence, Kansas. He lead several hundred men and killed nearly 200 people.
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Kansas territory is sold to exodusters for $5.
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Due to "cowboy" violence, Kansas became the first state to adopt a Constitution banning alcoholic beverages.
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Born in Texas, this future president moved to Abiline, Kansas in 1892 where he enlisted in the military.
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Bron and raised in Atchison, Kansas. Amelia Earhart was the first woman pilot to attempt a circumnavigational flight around the world.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower is burried in the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abiline, Kansas.
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Kansas adopted its flag in 1927. It portrays 34 stars, a sunrise overshadowing a farmer plowing a field, a log cabin, a steam boat and a wagon.
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Joan Finney, Kansas' first female governor is elected.
