kansas

No state’s creation was more dramatic, more at the center of national attention, more involved in fundamental moral conflict, than that of Kansas. In a sense, the state's history began with the Indians of the area and the Spanish explorers. A moral conflict of pro-slavery forces in the Civil War that led to “Bleeding Kansas”, and the moral contradiction between a declaration that claimed, “all people are created equally”. A constitution pragmatically permitting slavery …

…changed over time from the Spanish Explorations, to the Civil war, to present day. From early Spanish explorations to the Civil War conflict “Bleeding Kansas”, the history Kansas has been tough and sometimes tragic. Thus, proving that no state’s creation was more dramatic, more at the center of national attention, more involved in fundamental moral conflict, than that of Kansas. Throughout the tough history Kansans proved that they look “to the stars for difficulties”.