Movers Directory of Moving Companies in Kansas
 About Kansas If you are relocating to Kansas, also called The Sunflower State, it means that you are moving to the geographical ‘center’ of America. Moving to the heart of the nation would also allow you to experience two polarities which keep the state together: on one hand you have the advanced aerospace manufacturing and financial services, pointing the way to futuristic world while visiting Wichita and Kansas city, while on the other you have the tiny picturesque hometown of Dwight Eisenhower in Abilene. A state that fluctuates between extreme modernity and the quaintness of the past, Kansas at times confuses you – as which is real and which is not. Though farming dominates Kansas' economy, the state also produces zinc, coal, salt, and lead as well as petroleum products. Wheat fields, oil-well derricks, herds of cattle, and grain-storage elevators are chief features of the Kansas landscape. A leading wheat-growing state, Kansas also raises corn, sorghum, oats, barley, soybeans, and potatoes. Kansas City is a major meat-packing and transportation hub; while Wichita is a center for private, commercial and military aerospace industries. Incidentally, prepare to dodge some high winds in Dodge City, Kansas which is the windiest town in America. Spanish explorer Francisco de Coronado, in 1541, is considered the first European to have traveled this region. 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. Here are some interesting facts about Kansas which will make your impending relocation to the state more interesting: • The official song of the state is "Home on the Range". • Topeka is Kansas' state capital. The state's capitol building took 37 years to complete, from 1866-1903, at a cost of $3.2 million. • The largest cities are Wichita, Kansas City, Topeka and Overland Park. • In 1874, Kansas was in the middle of a "grasshopper plague." Millions of the insects were roaming Kansas in devastating swarms. That same year, the First Methodist Church was being built in Hutchinson, Kansas. The Pastor refused to stop construction, and as a result, thousands of the bugs were mixed into the concrete and mortar of the Church, where you can still see them today. • Wichita is one of the nation's leading aircraft-manufacturing centers, ranking first in production of private aircraft. • Motto: Ad astra per aspera (To the stars through difficulties) • Nicknames: Sunflower State; Jayhawk State • Origin of name: From a Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind” |
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