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Kansas i/ˈkænzəs/ is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name (natively kką:ze) is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south wind", although this was probably not the term's original meaning. Residents of Kansas are called "Kansans". For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. 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. Kansas was first settled by European Americans in the 1830s, but the pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery issue.
When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. government in 1854, abolitionist Free-Staters from New England and pro-slavery settlers from neighboring Missouri rushed to the territory to determine whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state. Thus, the area was a hotbed of violence and chaos in its early days as these forces collided, and was known as Bleeding Kansas. The abolitionists eventually prevailed, and on January 29, 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a free state. After the Civil War, the population of Kansas grew rapidly when waves of immigrants turned the prairie into farmland. Today, Kansas is one of the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans. Kansas is the 15th most extensive and the 34th most populous of the 50 United States.
Kansas - Incident On A Bridge
Kansas - Incident On a Bridge (HQ)
Cover Of Kansas "Incident On A Bridge"
Incident on 75th st bridge & I-35, Shawnee, Ks(1)
Kansas - Andi (HQ)
Final Destination 5 Bridge Collapse Scene (HQ)
Hyatt Hotel Collapse minute by minute Part 1 of 5
Amazing Accident Truck Falling Down The Bridge
KC Zoo boat accident injures several
Foo Fighters - Keepin it Clean in KC
It began in the underground, with visions of light and sound
The music revealing the deepest passion
Around us a river raged, still I knew that the scene was staged
Awaiting the consequence, I don't believe in accidents
It's all too real, all these things we feel
As the years go by, things intensify
And I know, for each life there is a reason
And I know, for each time there is a season
The bridge leads on to a brighter dawn
It's waiting for me
We were tied by a bond of fate, in our hearts we could feel the weight
Carried along by the winds of fortune
The outcome was never known and our purpose was never shown
'Til everything fell in place, the words on the wall we could not erase
It's all too real, all these things we feel
As the years go by, things intensify
And I know, for each life there is a reason
And I know, for each time there is a season
Now the bridge leads on to a brighter dawn
It's waiting for me
Each piece is arranged, the puzzle's complete
Victory's taste is so bittersweet
No regrets for the time that was lost
For it all comes out in the end
And the prize is worth all the tears that it cost
For the stairway you ascend
Drawing us on, unto the gate
It's where we belong
The world has a lot to give but it's worthless if you don't live
And life only comes from the one who made it
When I look back, I see the plan when I retrace the race we ran
The course was so clear and true
Each bridge that we crossed led me straight to you
It's all too real, all these things we feel
As the years go by, things intensify
And I know, for each life there is a reason
And I know, for each time there is a season
The bridge leads on to a brighter dawn
It's waiting for me
Always waiting for me
Oh I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know