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| | Kansas |
 | | The Kansas River, formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers at appropriately-named Junction City, joins the Missouri at Kansas City, after a course of 150 miles (240 km) across the northeastern part of the state. |
 | | Kansas was the first state to ban the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, and Kansas was also the first state to ban the concept of separate but equal schools. |
 | | Kansas is also home to coaches Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, and Tex Winter Despite its agricultural reputation, Kansas was home to industrial pioneers Walter Chrysler of automotive fame, Clyde Cessna (aviation), Jack Kilby (microchip inventor) and George Washington Carver (educator and scientist). |
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