In the prehistoric times U. S. State of Kansas was the home of Nomadic Native American who hunted herds of bison. Paleolithic, mammoth-hunting families moved to North America around 10,000BC. Asian moved to the area as long back as 7000 BC.

They initially started as big game hunters but later converted to small game hunters. As the big game hunters disappeared the archaic groups survived by utilizing wild plant foods and small game. Slowly that point of civilization saw better tools to help them with hunting and cutting the plants and vegetables. They started to develop variety of tools with grinding and chopping implements becoming more common, a sign that seeds, fruits and greens constituted a greater proportion of their diet. All these shows early signs of human civilization progress as they become more skilled and their lives became more secure than before. The historical evidence also suggests that there was emergence of some pottery-making societies suggesting now food could be stored for bad weather and rightly so as archaic groups transformed themselves from food gatherers to food producers around 3,000 years ago. This way they could develop into more social communities and they would not have to roam around a lot. The human civilization progressed in the area and they soon started to possess many of the cultural features that accompany semi sedentary agricultural life. This included features like storage facilities, more permanent dwellings, larger settlements, and even cemeteries.

In the western history Kansas first appears in the 16th Century when Spanish explored then unknown land called Kansas. Vasquez de Coronado, the Spanish conquistador, visited Kansas in 1541. French were the first Europeans to arrive who later followed the Mexicans as victor to the area. They came here for fur trade with the Native Americans. The state finally became part of United States in 1803 under the Louisiana Purchase. Kansas became the first battlefield in the conflict in the American Civil War in around 1850. The first Kansas regiment was called on June 3, 1861, and the seventeenth, the last rose during the Civil War, July 28, 1864. Kansas became 34th State of United States on January 29, 1861. Then Kansas became home to Wild West towns servicing the cattle trade. James Lane was elected to the Senate from the state of Kansas in 1861, and reelected in 1865. Upon the termination of post-civil War Reconstruction era in 1879; large number of former slaves moved to Kansas from southern States. They were known as Exodusters and the prospect of good, cheap land and better treatment brought them to this State. On February 19, 1881, Kansas became the first U.S State to amend its constitution to prohibit all alcoholic beverages. This ultimately led to 18th Amendment in the constitution. The State repealed the prohibit in 1948 but did not allow retail liquor sales on Sunday until 2005. There are about thirty nine Kansas counties which are still dry counties.

In 1863 United State’s Congress passed Pacific Railway Act to create the southerly branch of the transactional railroad. With the advent of railroads heavy immigration followed the area from the East and Europe. Since then Kansas had a rural economy based on agriculture including wheat and oil. In 1916 Kansas troops served in the during the Mexican Revolution and when United States declared War on Germany in 1917 some 80,000 Kansas started to serve in the military. The State saw a series of massive drought which began in 1930 and lasted until 1941 which was now being termed as Dust Bowl. The effect of drought and Great Depression saw many farmers leaving the land.

The Flag of Kansas was designed in 1925 which was formally accepted by the State Legislature in 1927. Manufacturing industries started to rise since 1945 and the farm started declined with the opening aircraft industry of Wichita. The Cold war era saw Kansas participating in the deterrent weapon systems due to which the State received unusually high radioactive fallout from 1950s nuclear weapon tests in Nevada. During 1950s and 1960s several intercontinental ballistic missiles were stationed throughout Kansas facilities. They were stored to be launched from underground silos. The Kansas facilities were later deactivated in early 1980s. In May, 1954 Supreme Court passed Brown v. Board of Education law unanimously declaring separate educational facilities for African American as illegal. The site consist of Monroe Elementary School one of the four separate schools for African American children in Topeka, Kansas. On June 8th, 1966, Topeka was struck by dangerous F5 rated tornado which cost the town over $100 million dollar loss during those days.

The State has given several famous personalities including President Eisenhower and presidential candidates Bob Dole and Alf Landon. The state has also produced several famous athletes including Barry Sanders, Gale Sanders, Jim Ryun, Walter Johnson, Maurice Greene and Lynette Woodard.