Fire Station No. 4 in Lawrence, Kansas, originally a stone barn constructed in 1858, was a station site on the Underground Railroad.
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Kansas inventors include Almon Stowger of El Dorado who invented the dial telephone in 1889; William Purvis and Charles Wilson of Goodland who invented the helicopter in 1909; and Omar Knedlik of Coffeyville who invented the first frozen carbonated drink.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower from Abilene, Kansas was the 34th President of the United States.