Kansas

Kansas resides in the Midwestern United States. Topeka is the state’s capital, and Wichita is its largest city. Kansas is a landlocked, bordered state by Nebraska in the north, Missouri to the east, Oklahoma to the south and Colorado to its west. Kansas was named for the Kansas River which was named by the Kansa Native Americans that lived along its banks. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison.