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March 10, 2004 By: Betty Ramsey Passport Destination: Kansas and Nebraska Packing Round 1. Nebraska is nicknamed the CORNHUSKER State. 2. Topeka is the capital of Kansas, while Nebraska's is LINCOLN . 3. You can visit the boyhood home of this former US president in Abilene, Kansas. DWIGHT EISENHOWER 4. The bulk of Kansas City is actually in this other state. MISSOURI 5. North Platte, Nebraska, was the home of this important figure of the wild west. BUFFALO BILL CODY 6. This Kansas town was once called the "wickedest little city in America." DODGE CITY Picture: statue of a boy carrying a younger boy Departure Round 1. Nebraska is a leading producer of all these crops except AVOCADOS . 2. The current governor of Nebraska is Republican MIKE JOHANNS . 3. Her Pulitzer-winning novel "One of Ours," is set in Red Cloud, Nebraska. WILLA CATHER 4. This tributary of the Mississippi River runs through a good part of Kansas. ARKANSAS RIVER 5. The colors of the University of Nebraska football team are cream and SCARLET . Picture: state capital building On Tour 1. Kansas was once called "Bleeding Kansas" due to conflicts over SLAVERY . 2. Pioneers once called Nebraska's SCOTT'S Bluff the "lighthouse of the Plains." 3. Hastings, Nebraska, is noted as the place where this popular beverage was invented. KOOL-AID 4. Bonner Springs, Kansas, is home to the National AGRICULTURAL Hall of Fame. 5. The University of Nebraska State Museum in Lincoln is popularly called ELEPHANT Hall. 6. Stagecoach tours of Dodge City, Kansas, includes this famous cemetery on its tours. BOOT HILL 7. Famed Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer is on GRAND Island in the Platte River. Picture: building with a rocket outside 8. You can visit the birthplace of this famous woman in Atchison, Kansas. AMILIA EARHART 9. Old Cow Town Museum in this city features 40 restored buildings from 1865 to 1880. WICHITA 10. Hutchinson, Kansas, has been a center for the mining and processing of SALT since 1888. 11. JOSLYN Art Museum in Omaha, holds Nebraska's premier collection of fine art. 12. Nebraska City is best known for its APPLE orchards. Bonus Question One The Strategic AIR AND SPACE Museum is a landmark in Ashland, Nebraska. Bonus Question Two Where on the map of Nebraska is Ashland found? Area 4 Picture: light colored rock formations Slide Show 1. This priest was the founder of Boys Town, located not far from Omaha, Nebraska. FLANAGAN . 2. This architect designed Nebraska's landmark state capitol. BERTRAM GOODHUE 3. The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson is an affiliate of this group. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 4. Cobra Rock is just one of the many formations at Kansas landmark MONUMENT Rocks. Clues for next destination: Island Fine industry Religious feud |