Fifty Nifty United States

from thirteen original colonies
Shout 'em, scout 'em, Tell all about 'em, 
One by one,til we've given a geocache to every state in the good ol' USA

DO NOT go to the coordinates listed. They are bogus and are in the middle of a road.

Lets learn about our neighbor KANSAS before you go look for a pill bottle cache. We will start with some facts:

Spanish explorer Francisco de Coronado, in 1541, is considered the first European to have traveled this region.

Sieur de la Salle's extensive land claims for France (1682) included present-day Kansas. Ceded to Spain by France in 1763, the territory reverted to France in 1800 and was sold to the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, and Stephen H. Long explored the region between 1803 and 1819.

The first permanent white settlements in Kansas were outposts—Fort Leavenworth (1827), Fort Scott (1842), and Fort Riley (1853)—established to protect travelers along the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails.

Just before the Civil War, the conflict between the pro- and anti-slavery forces earned the region the grim title of Bleeding Kansas.

The Sunflower State is its nickname.

The Meadowlark is its state bird.

“Home on the Range" is its state song.

Now, lets solve the puzzle.  Fill in the blanks below to complete the coordinates:

N 37 AB.CDE W093 FG.HEH

AB  - Kansas is the __th largest state in area.  (two numbers)

C – The mean elevation of Kansas is _,000 feet.

D – Quantrill led the raid on Lawrence on August 21, 186_.

E – The highest elevation in Kansas is Mount Sunflower at 4,_39 feet.

F – The racial make-up of Kansas is _% American Indian.

G – Baker University was founded in 185_.

H – Gunsmoke (the RADIO show) ran until 19_1.