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The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&amp;SF) was a large railroad in the United States. Created in February 1859, the railroad reached the Kansas-Colorado border in 1873 and Pueblo, Colorado, in 1876. To create a demand for its services, the railroad set up real estate offices and sold farm land. Despite the name, its main railroad never served Santa Fe, New Mexico. This was because the terrain was too rough. A branch line from Lamy reached Santa Fe instead. The railroad officially ended on December 31, 1996, when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway. The Atchison, Topeka &amp; Santa Fe Railway (AT&amp;SF) was created on February 11, 1859, to join Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. In its early years, the railroad helped people settle in Kansas. A lot of its revenue came from wheat grown there and from cattle driven north from Texas to Wichita and Dodge City by September 1872. AT&amp;SF reached Albuquerque in 1880. Santa Fe (the original goal of the railroad) was on a short branch from Lamy, New Mexico. Burlington Northern merger. On September 22, 1995, AT&amp;SF merged with Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern &amp; Santa Fe Railway (BNSF). The two lines kept separate operations until December 31, 1996 when it officially became BNSF.
Stadtholderate under the House of Orange-Nassau. When William III died childless, the patrilineal ancestry of Orange-Nassau became extinct. In contrast to other provinces of the Dutch Republic, Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe had mostly drawn its stadtholders from the House of Nassau, that starting with John VI, the brother of William of Orange, and comprises in addition a matrilineal ancestry with the house of Orange-Nassau.
The CIS Tower is an office skyscraper on Miller Street in Manchester, England. It was completed in 1962 and rises to 387 feet (118 m) in height. The Grade II listed building, which houses the Co-operative Banking Group, is Manchester's fifth-tallest building and the tallest office building in the United Kingdom outside London. The tower remained as built for over 40 years until maintenance issues on the service tower required an extensive renovation which included covering its facade in photovoltaic panels. The office tower building rises above a five-storey podium block.
Clark County (county code CA) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 1,991 people lived there. Its county seat is Ashland. Ashland is also the biggest city in Clark County. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (%) is water. Major highways. Sources: National Atlas, U.S. Census Bureau Government. Presidential elections. Before 1944, Clark County was a swing county. They voted the national winner in every presidential election from 1900 to 1940. From 1944 on, it has become very Republican in presidential elections (except from 1964 when Lyndon B. Johnson won).
Marion County (standard abbreviation: MN) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 11,823 people lived there. The county seat is Marion. The county was named after Francis Marion, a Brigadier General of the American Revolutionary War, known as the "Swamp Fox". History. 21st century. In 2010, the Keystone-Cushing Pipeline (Phase II) was built north to south through Marion County. There was a lot of controversy over road damage, tax exemption, and environmental concerns (if a leak ever occurs). Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (1.0%) is water. Marion County is in the Great Plains. The eastern part of the county is part of the Flint Hills.
Marshall County (standard abbreviation: MS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 10,038 people lived there. The county seat is Marysville. Marysville is also the biggest city in Marshall County. History. On May 30, 1879, the "Irving, Kansas Tornado" went through Marshall county. This tornado measured F4 on the Fujita scale. It had a damage path wide and long. Eighteen people were killed and sixty were injured. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.5%) is water. Government. Presidential elections. Marshall County is very Republican county. The county has not been won by a Democratic candidate in a presidential election since 1932.
Hodgeman County (county code HG) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 1,723 people lived there. Its county seat is Jetmore. Jetmore is also the biggest city in Hodgeman County. History. Hodgeman County was created in 1867. It was named after Amos Hodgman, member of the 7th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The letter E was later added to the namesake's name. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.04%) is water. Government. Presidential elections. Hodgeman County is very Republican. Only six Republican presidential candidates have failed to win the county from 1888 to the present, and no Democrat has to win even a quarter of the county's votes since Michael Dukakis in 1988. The last Democrat to win the county was Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Haskell County (county code HS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 3,780 people lived there. Its county seat is Sublette. Sublette is also the biggest city in Haskell County. History. Haskell County was created in 1887. It was named for Dudley C. Haskell, a former member of Congress. John M. Barry concluded that Haskell County was the where the first case of the 1918 flu pandemic (nicknamed "Spanish flu") happened, which killed between 21 and 100 million people. The railroad and the development of oil and gas fields in the 1930s helped the economy of the area a lot. This helped overcome the "dust bowl" of that period. Haskell County was one of the hardest hit counties in the Midwest during the drought of 1930-1937. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.06%) is water. Haskell County is the flattest county in Kansas. Government. Presidential elections. Haskell County is very Republican. However, in 2016, the Democratic candidate (Hillary Clinton) got a higher share of the county's vote than Barack Obama did in 2012. The last time Haskell County was won by a Democratic candidate was 1964 by Lyndon B. Johnson.
Harper County (county code HP) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 5,485 people lived there. Its county seat is Anthony. Anthony is also the biggest city in Harper County. The county was named after Sergeant Marion Harper of the 2nd Kansas Cavalry. He died of wounds suffered near Waldron, Arkansas, in December 1863. History. 19th century. In 1867, Harper County was created. The original organization of Harper County was one of the biggest frauds in county government. In 1873, a group of three men organized Harper County. They designated the then-fake city of "Bluff City" as the county seat. The petition for organization used many names from a Cincinnati city directory to represent as residents of Harper County. In 1874, the state attorney general investigated. He didn't find any resident of the county. The "creators" of the county had sold $40,000 worth of bonds. 21st century. Due to new and high-paying jobs at oil fields and wind farms, Harper County had an economic boom. In 2012, rental housing and office space in towns such as Danville, Harper, and Anthony had become four times more expensive. However, by 2016, the oil fracking boom had ended. The economies of Harper County were hurt. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says taht the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.2%) is water.
Hamilton County (county code HM) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 2,518 people lived there. Its county seat is Syracuse. Syracuse is also the biggest city in Hamilton County. The county was created in 1873. It is named after Alexander Hamilton. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.1%) is water. Government. Hamilton county is very Republican. The last time a democratic candidate has won Hamilton County was in 1976 by Jimmy Carter.
Greenwood County (county code GW) is a county in the southeast part of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 6,016 people lived there. Its county seat is Eureka. Eureka is also the biggest city in Greenwood County. In 1855, Greenwood County was created. It was named after Alfred B. Greenwood, a U.S. Congressman from Arkansas. The first railroad in Greenwood County was built through that territory in 1879. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.8%) is water. It is the fifth-largest county in Kansas by area. Government. Greenwood county is often carried by Republican Candidates. The last time a democratic candidate has carried this county was in 1936 by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Sheridan County (standard abbreviation: SD) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 2,447 people lived there. Its county seat is Hoxie. The county was named after Phillip H. Sheridan, a general of the American Civil War era. History. 19th century. In 1873, the rest of the unorganized part of the state was divided into 22 new counties. This included Sheridan County. Sheridan County was then organized in 1880. The county seat was in Kenneth.  20th century. The railroad was still used in Sheridan County until 1998. After flooding east of Plainville in the 1993 floods damaged the railroad, the railroad decided not to rebuild. The entire railroad from Plainville to Colby was abandoned by 1998. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.03%) is water. Government. Presidential elections. Sheridan County is very Republican.
Sherman County (standard abbreviation: SH) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 5,927 people lived there. Its county seat is Goodland. Sherman County was created by the Kansas Legislature in 1873. It is named after General William Tecumseh Sherman. History. 19th century. In 1886, Sherman County was created. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.02%) is water. Sherman County is one of only four Kansas counties in Mountain Time. Since Sherman County is part of the Wichita media market, prime-time television in the county is aired from 6 to 9 p.m. local time, rather than 7 to 10 p.m. as is normal in the Central and Mountain time zones. However, cable providers carry the ABC and NBC affiliates from both Wichita and Denver. This allows viewers to view programs on those networks at the normal prime-time hours. Government. Sherman county is often won by Republican Candidates, like most rural counties. However, Lyndon B. Johnson barely won the county in 1964.
Kurdistan Vegans is the first vegan nonprofit organization working for animal rights in Iraq. It was established on June 24, 2018, by Zanko Bakhshi and Zhiar Ali, in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The organization focuses on animal rights, and encourages environmental protection and choosing a healthy lifestyle by promoting veganism and abstaining from using animal products. The organization had its first physical activity on November 1, 2018, on World Vegan Day in two cities of the Kurdistan region in Sulaymaniyah and Erbil. The events took place in Azadi Park in Sulaymaniyah and Sami Abdulrahman Park in Erbil and consisted of distributing pamphlet and booklets containing information about veganism and the vegan diet. After and during the event, local TVs interviewed members of the organization and started shining a light on the philosophy of veganism. History. Appearance. At first, the project started as a blog to inform the Kurdish people about veganism in 2017. Until its formal establishment, the activities of Kurdistan Vegans consisted of only online posting on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. After Bakhshi came into contact with some animal rights activists, they decided to work more formally, as an organization, and like so the organization was certified by the Ministry of Nongovernmental Organizations on June 24, 2018. World Vegan Day. The organization executed its first physical activity five months after its establishment on November 1, 2018, in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. In Sulaymaniyah, the team consisted of five people led by the Vice President Zhiar Ali in Azadi Park, and in Erbil it consisted of 4 people led by the founder himself in Samy Abdulrahman Park. The event consisted of distributing pamphlets and booklets which contained information about veganism, a vegan diet, public figures who are vegan and such. The team also verbally explained and promoted veganism. Goals and belief. Kurdistan Vegans’ philosophy is based on a moral philosophy called veganism. The organization believes that animals must not be used for human benefits in any way and that they “should not be
Vizianagaram district is one of the thirteen districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The headquarters is Vizianagaram. The French defeated and ended the rule of the Nizam in 1753. These districts were then part of French India.
Jacques Necker (; 30 September 1732 – 9 April 1804) was a banker from Geneva who became a finance minister for Louis XVI. He tried to make France's tax system better. His dismissal on 1789 caused the Storming of the Bastille.
Gabriel Léon M'ba (February 9, 1902 in Libreville - November 28, 1967 in Paris) was the first President of Gabon (1960 - 1967). The surname is also written 'M'Ba' and 'Mba'. He was a member of the Fang people ethnic group. He was prime minister from May 21, 1957 to February 21, 1961 and became president upon independence from France on August 17, 1960. He was briefly toppled by a military coup d'etat in February 1964, and Jean-Hilaire Aubame was installed as president, but was restored within days through French intervention. M'ba was reelected in March 1967, but died in November of that year and was succeeded by his vice president, Albert-Bernard Bongo (now Omar Bongo Ondimba). Gabon's main airport, the Leon M'ba International Airport, is named for him. On November 27, 2007, President Bongo Ondimba attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a newly built Mausoleum for M'ba in Libreville.
El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009) was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon for 42 years, from 1967 until his death in 2009. He was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon's first President Léon M'ba in the 1960s, before being elected Vice-President in his own right in 1966. In 1967, he succeeded M'ba to become the second President of Gabon, upon the latter's death. Bongo died in hospital from a heart attack on 8 June 2009 in Barcelona, aged 73.
Burlington is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is in Alfalfa County. As of the 2020 census, 124 people lived in this town. The town is an agricultural center.
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (acronym: WASP) is a term describing White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. They are a social group of white protestants in the United States. They are often of British descent, and typically wealthy and well-connected. They are not so influential as they were. However, WASPs are still well placed in major financial, business and legal firms, and in universities. Most U.S. presidents belong to this group. Exceptions include John F. Kennedy (who was a Catholic), Barack Obama (African American), and Joe Biden (also a Catholic).
Osborne County (standard abbreviation: OB) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 3,500 people lived there. The county seat is Osborne. Osborne is also the biggest city in Osborne County. History. In 1867, Osborne County was created. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.2%) is water. The south fork of Solomon River goes through the county. The land has rolling hills and prairies. The geodetic center of North America is within the county. The geographic center of the 48 contiguous states is in Smith County, which is close to Osborne County. Government. Presidential elections. Osborne County is very Republican. No Democratic presidential candidate has won Osborne County since Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
Osage County (county code OS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 15,766 people lived there. Its county seat is Lyndon. Its most populous city is Osage City. The county was originally organized in 1855 as Weller County, and was renamed in 1859 after the Osage River that runs through it, which is itself named for the Osage Native American Tribe. History. In 1859, Osage County was created. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (2.0%) is water. People. Osage County is included in the Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area. Government. Presidential elections. Osage County is strongly Republican. In only six presidential elections from 1888 to the present day has the county failed to back the Republican Party candidate, most recently in Lyndon B. Johnson's national landslide. of 1964. Media. Osage County is served by a weekly newspaper, "The Osage County Herald-Chronicle" is a weekly newspaper for Osage County. The newspaper publishes about 4,500 papers, making it the 3rd biggest paid weekly newspaper in the state of Kansas. The Herald-Chronicle was created by the merger of The Osage County Herald and The Osage County Chronicle in February 2007.
Comanche County (county code CM) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 1,689 people lived there. Its county seat is Coldwater. Coldwater is also the biggest city in Comanche County. Comanche County is named after the Comanche Native Americans. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.2%) is water.
Cloud County (county code CD) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 9,032 people lived there. Its county seat is Concordia. Concordia is also the biggest city in Cloud County. History. 19th century. In 1867, Cloud County was created. Cloud county was originally named "Shirley" county. However, civic leaders feared that sounded too much like the name of a prostitute. They changed the name to "Cloud" county. They named it after Colonel William F. Cloud. Cloud County was created from the existing Washington County, Kansas. This was in a joint convention with Republic and Cloud counties. The county was legally organized on September 6, 1866. Elk Creek was chosen as the temporary county seat. In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a railroad from Neva (3 miles west of Strong City) to Superior, Nebraska. This railroad connected Strong City, Neva, Rockland, Diamond Springs, Burdick, Lost Springs, Jacobs, Hope, Navarre, Enterprise, Abilene, Talmage, Manchester, Longford, Oak Hill, Miltonvale, Aurora, Huscher, Concordia, Kackley, Courtland, Webber, Superior. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.4%) is water. Geographic features. The Republican River goes through the county. It enters from Republic County to the north. It exits to Clay County to the east. The Solomon River goes through the southwestern part of the county. It goes from Mitchell County to Ottawa County. Jamestown Lake is partially in the northwestern part of the county and partially in southwestern Republic county. Major highways. U.S. Route 81 goes through Cloud County. It goes through Concordia and connects north to Belleville, Kansas or south to Salina, Kansas. The southern part of the county also has U.S. Route 24. It connectd Clay Center, Kansas from the east and Beloit, Kansas to the west. There are four other state highways in the county: K-9, K-28, K-189, and K-194. Popular culture. Cloud County has also been listed as one of the places for Smallville in the Superman story line.
Coffey County (county code CF) is a county in Eastern Kansas. In 2020, 8,360 people lived there. Its county seat is Burlington. Burlington is also the biggest city in Coffey County. History. In 1855, Coffey County was created. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (4.2%) is water. Major highways. Sources: National Atlas, U.S. Census Bureau
Kearny County (county code KE) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 3,983 people lived there. Its county seat is Lakin. Lakin is also the biggest city in Kearny County. The county is named after General Philip Kearny. History. The original Kearney County was created on March 6, 1873. It was ended in 1883. The land area was divided between Hamilton and Finney counties. It was recreated with its original borders in 1887. It was organized on March 27, 1888. The county is named after Philip Kearny. He was a U.S. Army officer in the Mexican–American War and a Union army general in the American Civil War. In 1889, the name was corrected to Kearny County. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.05%) is water. Time zones. The west half of Kearny County observed Mountain Standard Time until October 28, 1990. This was when the Kansas Department of Transportation moved the entire county into the Central Time Zone, which 100 of the state's other 104 counties are in. Only four counties (Hamilton, Greeley, Wallace, and Sherman), all of which border Colorado, observe Mountain Time. People. Kearny County is included in the Garden City, KS Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Clayton is a town in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 555 at the 2020 census. It is found at (34.587698, -95.357077).
Kingman County (standard abbreviation: KM) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 7,470 people lived there. The county seat is Kingman. Kingman is also the biggest city in Kingman County. History. 19th century. In 1872, Kingman County was created. It was named after Samuel A. Kingman, chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. During the 1870s, Kingman County had a lot of bison. The old-time cowboy author Frank H. Maynard said he went there on his first buffalo hunt. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.4%) is water. People. Kingman County is included in the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Kiowa County (standard abbreviation: KW) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 2,460 people lived there. The largest city and county seat is Greensburg. History. 19th century. In 1867, Kiowa County was created. It was named after the Kiowa tribe. 21st century. On May 4, 2007, Greensburg was destroyed by an EF5 tornado during the May 2007 tornado outbreak. Geography. Tthe U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.03%) is water. Kiowa County has a lot of iron-rich meteorites in its soil. This is due to the Brenham meteor fall over 10 thousand years ago. Government. Presidential elections. Kiowa County is very Republican. The only Democrat to ever win the county was been Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.
Woodson County (standard abbreviation: WO) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020 census, 3,115 people lived there. Its county seat is Yates Center. History. 19th century. In 1855, Woodson County was created. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (1.5%) is water. Government. Presidential elections. Woodson County is very Republican. The only Democrat to win the county was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Woodrow Wilson won a plurality in 1912.