Dwight D. Eisenhower from Abilene, Kansas was the 34th President of the United States.
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Amelia Earhart, first woman granted a pilot's license by the National Aeronautics Associate and first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean was from Atchison, Kansas.
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The Geodetic Center of North America is about 40 miles south of Lebanon, Kansas at Meade's Ranch. It is the beginning point of reference for land surveying in North America.