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Carl Dryden was making a factory for airplanes
Even thoe the Wright brothers had discovered flight and making it better Carl was already thinking how humans could fly like birds so he started to make his own company and factory to make airplanes. -
In Kansas people would grow corn and wheat during World War 1
Kansas had to ogrow corn and wheat for soldiors going into world war 1 they needed something quick and easy -
12000 people died of flu epidemics
12000 people die from flu epidemic that started in the heart of kansas it was the worst flu massacre ever -
Coal miners in southwest Kansas go on strike
Coal miners were on strike because there was not good enough pay for the hard and dangerous job and it was not only the men that went on strike, the wifes of the men wanted to do something about it too so they got more and more people to strike with them so it spread all cross the country -
Ku Klux Klan try to get into Kansas
The Klu Klux Klan is trying to get into kansas by burning crosses and wearing white clothing to terriaze whites that did not agree with them and black, jews, hispanics, and others that whernt like them -
First Fast food restaurant opens up in Wichita
White Castle the first fast food to open up in buisness for people to get there food quick and easy started in Witchita but they should of saw whats coming in the future with the fast food buisness -
The owners of the best black teams made the National Negro League
White people would not play with the other negro teams so the owners of the two best negro teams decided to make a National Negro Leauge which the negros were really good and people would think different about them -
Kansas and the Great Plains experience severe drought and dust storms
The Great Plains and Mostly Kansas had a horrible year with the droughts and dust storms coming up on there crops it is said to be the worst dust storm ever -
Kansas experience the worst flooding in its history
Kansas the middle of the country get a flash flood killing thousands hurting hundreds, was the worst flooding in the history of kansas