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| Kansas Facts |
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Barton County is the only Kansas County that is named for a woman; the famous volunteer Civil War nurse Clara Barton. |
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The three largest herds of buffalo (correctly called bison) in Kansas are located on public lands at the Maxwell Game Preserve (McPherson), Big Basin (Ashland), and Buffalo Game Preserve (Garden City). |
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George Washington Carver, the famous botanical scientist who discovered more than 300 products made from the peanut, graduated from high school in Minneapolis, Kansas in 1885. |
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