Grandma Betty's Kansas Day Cookies
Happy birthday, Kansas!
Kansas joined the Union as a free state during the Civil War on January 29, 1861. Originally home to the Kansa tribe, the land was claimed mostly by the Louisiana purchase. Settlers began pouring into the state in 1854 until now we have a population of 2.7 million people.
Kansas has such a rich history and is an integral part of our United States, from our native tribes, Civil War history, the Santa Fe Trail, the beautiful Flint Hills, Cosmosphere space history and agriculture, to our famous residents like Amelia Earhart or Dwight Eisenhower, or to landmark decisions like Brown vs. Board of Education.
To celebrate this great state, go do something uniquely Kansas today! Go visit the State Capitol Building or the Kansas State Historical Society (where I volunteered with Grandma Betty when I was six!) in Topeka. If you can’t make it to Topeka today, go eat at a local restaurant, visit a local museum, watch The Wizard of Oz, or just go outside to enjoy our unseasonal January weather! The entire state will be celebrating all year long, so be sure to check out these sites to get ideas on places to visit or things to do in Kansas: Wichita Eagle coverage, Kansas 150 official site, or Travel Kansas.
