When Jen decided to create a pattern for Flint Hills, Kansas, I knew very little about it. I would have guessed the states symbol: ruby slippers and the flower: a poppy. Although OZ does seem to play a large role in the states character and “Kansans” pride, it was not hard to uncover all kinds of quirky information about The Wheat State apart from Dorothy and Toto:
1. Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, was from Atchison.
2. The largest ball of twine is in Cawker City. It measures over 38′ in circumference and weighs more than 16,750 pounds. It is still growing.
3. At one time it was against the law to serve ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas.
4. Kansas’ Smith County is the geographical center of the 48 contiguous states.
5. There are eleven species of sunflower recorded from Kansas. The highest point in Kansas is called “Mount Sunflower.”
6. Kansas won the award for most beautiful license plate for the wheat plate design issued in 1981.
JHill Design : Places I Have Never Been 
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