150 ways to celebrate Kansas Sesquicentennial!

Happy Birthday Kansas!

This year Kansas is 150 years young and we are going to celebrate all year long.  Join us on our quest to celebrate Kansas’ birthday 150 different ways!  Test your skill with our Kansas Trivia & Tidbits…

What county is the geographical center of the 48 contiguous states?

See below for the answer.

Listed below are ways we invite you to celebrate Kansas’ Sesquicentennial here in Concordia, across the State, and on your own. Keep checking back as new events will be added weekly.

In Concordia…

“Kansas Flour Sacks–History on a Piece of Cloth”

Feb 24
by Nancy Jo Leachman
7 p.m. - Frank Carlson Library

Kansas Centennial display opens at Cloud County Museum Annex!

Five years ago, Susie Haver, Concordia, began collecting Kansas Centennial items in anticipation of the Kansas Sesquicentennial. Stop by the Museum Annex to view her fun collection of over 50 items, including cups, plates, bolo ties, an ashtray and more.

Susie’s Kansas Trivia of the week:

Omar Knedlick, who lived in Barnes, Belleville & Coffeyville invented the technology that combines carbonated water, syrup, and pressure into slush. Billons of his slushy treats have been sold as an Icee or Slurpee.

The first forward pass in Kansas football history was thrown in December 1905 in a football game between Washburn University and Fairmount College.

Charles Curtis, the only person of Native American descent to serve as Vice President of the U.S., was a jockey before studying to become a lawyer. Curtis served in the US House and Senate. In 1928 he was elected VP under Herbert Hoover. Curtis was born near Topeka on land owned by his grandmother, who was half French and half Kansa.

Answer to Trivia Question:

Smith County

Click here to learn about Kansas 150 Commemoration

Across the State…

Things to do on your own...

1. Watch DVD-Kansas: The Center of it All – available @ Cloud County Tourism
2. Read: It Happened in Kansas by Sarah Smarsh
3. Visit: 8 Wonders exhibit at the Eisenhower Library, Abilene, January 29, Kansas Day, to September 5, 2011.

Send us your ideas.