This nickname may have been promoted by northern newspapers in attempts to lure people to the territory to counteract the pro-slavery movement in Kansas that was present in the years leading up to Kansas statehood. Garden of the WestĪlso referred to as "The Garden State," this nickname was given to the Kansas because of the beauty of the landscape and the fertility of the soil. Perhaps calamity was one of the reasons the "Garden of the West" never caught on. Kansans withstood the attacks and came back, in 1875, with the largest corn harvest in the state's history at that point.
Millions of these "hoppers" swarmed down upon the middle section of the country from the Dakotas south to Texas. Nicknamed for the 1874 Grasshopper (Rocky Mountain Locusts) Plague, when the lush landscape of Kansas was denuded by swarms of Rocky Mountain Locusts that swept into the state in July. Kansas gets its share of twisters, most notably memorialized in The Wizard of Oz, however, statistics since 1961 show that Oklahoma is more frequently visited by these often devastating wind storms. Weather conditions conducive to the generation of tornadoes, or cyclones, earned Kansas this nickname. The Central Stateįor the reasons given above, Kansas has also been referred to as "The Central State." The Cyclone State The location, just over a mile to the north and west of the north-central Kansas town of Lebanon, is marked by a stone monument. Kansas has been called "Midway, U.S.A." because the geographic center of the Continental United States is located in the state. One of the nation's leading agricultural states, Kansas has long been known as "The Wheat State." It was number one in all wheat produced, wheat flour milled, and wheat flour milling capacity in the year 2000.
Kansas, The Sunflower State The Sunflower StateĪ reminder of the wild sunflowers that grow in profusion across the state, the Sunflower is also the official State Flower and Floral Emblem of Kansas.
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