The world: historical and actual . supposed tohave an area of over 22,000 square miles. It is tl. •most central state of the Union, having Missourion the east, Indian Territory on the south, Coloradoon the west and Nebraska on the north. It has nolakes of any magnitude nor any considerable railway system is extensive, secured at the costof enormous municipal indebtedness. The princi-pal institution of learning is the University of Kan-sas, at Lawrence, but the chief educational facilitiesafforded are an admirable system of public schoolsfor elementary instruction. The western portio
The world: historical and actual . supposed tohave an area of over 22,000 square miles. It is tl. •most central state of the Union, having Missourion the east, Indian Territory on the south, Coloradoon the west and Nebraska on the north. It has nolakes of any magnitude nor any considerable railway system is extensive, secured at the costof enormous municipal indebtedness. The princi-pal institution of learning is the University of Kan-sas, at Lawrence, but the chief educational facilitiesafforded are an admirable system of public schoolsfor elementary instruction. The western portion ofthe state has suffered much from drouth, but everyyear is adding to the volume of rainfall, and grad-ually the desert, as it was once supposed to be,is being brought into subjugation to the is carried oil upon a large scale, bothcattle and sheep. The state has a great variety ofvegetation, not less than twelve hundred species ofplants being indigenous to its soil. STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 603. 7T5 KENTUCKY. Kentucky traces its origin to Daniel Boone, afamous hunter who established himself at what isnow Boonesboro in 1769. It was then a part ofVirginia, and so remained until 1790, when it wascreated into a separate territory. For fourteen yearsit had been the County of Kentucky. In 1792 itwas admitted as a state, having a population of75,000. It was the out west of Virginia formany years. It formed for a long time the extremesouthwest of the United States, boundaries betweenFrench and Spanish America and the United Statesbeing vague. It was supposed that Aaron Burrcontemplated seizing the region in dispute and erect-ing there a Southwest Empire. That was the trea-son for which Burr and Blennerhasset were evidence of guilt was strong but insufficientfor conviction. Kentucky suffered seriously fromhostile Indians in the early day, and the people havealways been noted for their martial spirit. From1861 to 1865 it furnished, as has be
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