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When we think of the great central plains, we think of Kansas: gently rolling hills dotted with cattle and fields of wheat, corn, sorghum and sunflowers. Indeed, Kansas is known as the breadbasket of the United States, and the United States is the breadbasket of the world. But there’s more to Kansas than agriculture. Seventy percent of the world’s general aviation aircraft is manufactured in Wichita and Kansas is also one of the nation’s top ten oil-producing states with significant oil refining capacity as well. When you invest in Kansas Land for Sale, you’re investing in an economy that is maximizing its strengths with a shrewd eye towards diversification and the future.

Lebanon, Kansas is the exact geographic center of the United States. Caldwell, Kansas is a Wild West outpost once known as the Wicked Border Queen and a jump point for the Oklahoma land grab. The iron-rich Gypsum Hills around Medicine Lodge, a series of mesas, canyons and buttes, was sacred territory for five tribes of Plains Native Americans while the cedar bluffs near Ogallah, overlooking the reservoir created when the Kansas River was dammed, are limestone and Dakota sandstone left over from the era 100 million years ago or more when all of Kansas was a shallow sea. Nearby Cedar Bluffs Park offers terrific hiking, camping, fishing, boating and hunting opportunities. The Kansas Territory was an important stopover for waves of American settlers journeying west and today you can still visit trailheads of the Oregon Trail, the Santa Fe Trail, the Pony Express and the Lewis and Clarke Expedition. One of the most famous of all Kansas odysseys was fictional, of course, and you can celebrate that one too at either the Oz Museum in Wamego or Dorothy’s House in Liberal.

The Sunflower State’s largest city is Wichita, a major manufacturing center for light aircraft and one of the leading entertainment and cultural centers of the Midwest. Forty miles north lies Hutchinson, nicknamed Salt City for its vast deposits of salt, site of the world’s longest grain elevator. Topeka, the state capital, lies at the spot where the historic Oregon Trail once crossed the Kansas River. Lawrence in the northeastern part of the state is home to the University of Kansas and a thriving music, art and college sports scene. If you’re in Kansas City, chances are you’re not in Kansas anymore unless you’re talking about the KCMO suburb rig on the Kansan side of the junction of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers which is called Kansas City too.

Winters in Kansas are milder than you might imagine; even in January – typically the Sunflower State’s coldest month – the average temperature seldom dips much below 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Summer days are humid and hot. Springtime brings thunderstorms, rotating updrafts of severe weather that not infrequently develop into full-blown tornadoes. Indeed Kansas sees more tornado action than any other state except Texas, fifty on average in a single year.

Yes, Kansas has been affected by the recession that has all but paralyzed economic development in so many of the fifty states. The Wichita-based aircraft industry – the Sunflower State’s largest manufacturing base – saw significant job losses and a steep decline in new orders. But the state’s overall unemployment rate is considerably below the national average: since Kansas never entertained a housing bubble per se, construction and related industries only made up a modest portion of the state’s economy. The state’s agricultural sector showed some weakness in 2009 and oil and gas production fell, but even during a recession people have to eat and the state is poised to benefit as oil prices shoot up once again. Most economists believe that Kansas will rebound sooner than most other parts of the nation. Kansas Land for Sale is a 21st century land grab, an investment in an economy whose old-fashioned values will guide its future growth.