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Holy Cross Shrine in Pfeifer, Kansas, was known as the 2 Cent Church because the building was built using a 2 cent donation on each bushel of wheat sold by members of the church. |
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Fort Riley, Kansas, between Junction City and Manhattan, was the cradle of the United States Cavalry for 83 years. George Custer formed the famed 7th Cavalry there in 1866. Ten years later, at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the 7th was virtually wiped out. |
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The first woman mayor in the United States was Susan Madora Salter. She was elected to office in Argonia, Kansas in 1887. |
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