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| Kansas Facts |
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Between 1854 and 1866, 34 steamboats paddled up the Kaw River (Kansas River). One made it as far west as Fort Riley. |
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The rocks at Rock City, Kansas are huge sandstone concretions. In an area about the size of two football fields, 200 rocks, some as large as houses, dot the landscape. |
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Hutchinson, Kansas is nicknamed the Salt City because it was built above some of the richest salt deposits in the world. Salt is still actively mined, processed and shipped from Hutchinson. |
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