Kansas - Landscapes Translate Traduisez Traduzca . The Welcome Center south of Wichita on the Kansas Turnpike. After a hot, dry summer, the cool breeze of autumn is refreshing, and the rain from gray clouds is greatly anticipated.
Windmills dot the Kansas countryside.
At one time they were used to draw water for cattle consumption. Now rural water districts provide water, and these beautiful windmills are a relic of a bygone era. The state tree is the cottonwood. It is found throughout the state but grows mostly near rivers and streams, sometimes reaching eighty feet in height. White fibers that look like cotton are attached to the seeds and the spring breezes can blow them for miles.