Kansas

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Kansas

• Customs/Events
• Kansas Day is January 29
• The Wichita River Festival is in mid May.
• And the Kansas State Fair is in mid September.
• History
• Kansas was bought in the Louisiana Purchase.
• A little part of the Oregon trail went through
  Kansas.
• Tourist Attractions
• The Fort Larned was a site that no tourists could
  resist.
• And many, many people go to Fort riley, the
  Calvary Center.

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Kansas

• Economy
• Some of the agriculture in Kansas is beef cattle,
  wheat, sorghum grain, hogs, corn, and soybeans.
• Some manufacturing uses in Kansas are
  transportation, equipment, non-electrical
  machinery, food products, chemicals, stone, clay,
  glass products, printed materials, and
  electrical machinery.
• Geography
• Milford Lake is the largest lake on the
  Republican river.
• Most of the lakes in Kansas come from damns
  blocking the river.
• Sometimes in the spring and summer, Kansas gets
  tornadoes.

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Alaska

• Economy
• Mining is the most important economic activity.
• In Alaska, tourism is a big business because they
  have so many hotels, restaurants, and shops.
  They get a million dollars a year.
• Events/Customs
• In February, there is an ice worm festival.
• The Russian Festival is in August.
• And the Midnight Sun Baseball Game is in June
• History
• In 1989, Exxon Valdez struck some reef and caused
  the world largest oil spill with 11,000,000
  galleons.
• In 1880, there was a gold rush in the Yukon River.

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Alaska

• Geography
• Alaska is one of the only two states that dont
  touch the continental United States.
• Alaska is the largest state in the U.S.A.
• The Yukon River is the chief waterway.
• Tourist Attractions
• Alaska has two very beautiful sights. The
  northern light and the mountain scenery.
• The activities they have are kayaking, bird
  watching, and photo tours,.

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Utah

• Economy
• Business, community, and personal services are
  the leading service industries.
• The Hill Air Force Base is one of Utahs leading
  employers
• History
• The Mormons were the first permanent white
  settlers. They were a religious group.
• The Mormons had crop problems at one point
  because crickets ate them and the seagulls ate
  the crickets and the seagull became state bird.
• Utah used to be owned by Mexico.

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Utah

• Geography
• The highest point in Utah is Kings Peak. It is
  13,528 feet high.
• Great Salt Lake Desert is 4,000 acres of flat
  salt beds hard as concrete.
• Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona are the
  only states that have four corners touch.
• Tourist Attractions
• Millions of tourists visit Utah every year for
  their boating, bicycling, fishing, hiking,
  hunting, sightseeing, skiing, and swimming
• This year they have the Olympics in Salt Lake
  City.
• Customs/Events
• The Annual Utah State Fair is in September.
• The Park City Arts Festival is in August.