In the last 400 years many different peoples. varying In race. language. customs. and religion. have laid claim to Kansas. First came the grasshouse and earthhouse dwellers. then the tepee dwellers. whose homes were coneshaped leather tents. These were followed by the emigrant Indians from the eastern section of the country. then the Spanish horsemen. who laid claim to the vast plains and prairies for their king. French trappers and traders followed the Spaniard. and finally came the American farmer. who has built a State that all point to with a great degree of pride. There is so much to be said on behalf of Kansas that one experiences difficulty in starting. but as we have studied and watched the development of our State we come to the conclusion that it is to our citizenship that we owe all. and with this in mind we pay tribute to the pioneer and those who followed.
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