It is definitely overwhelmingly Germans/Prussians (as Kansas has a similar climate and geography to eastern Germany, almost 35% of the state has this lineage). But there was/are sizable amounts of Swedes, Dutch, Irish, English, and French. And in recent years, it is a lot of Mexicans, Guatemalans, and Vietnamese.
Another interesting one to note is the so called "Exodusters" communities, where were founded by former slaves from the South who didnt believe the US Governments claims of "40 acres and a mule", and were brought to better land by other blacks like Booker T. Washington to start building new communities in new land doing what they knew how to do already until they could build themselves up.
We have a tradition of wind power dating back to our founding for a reason.
Which is why there is also a surprising amount of Dutch-designed mills dating back to the 1800's here.
Yup, that makes perfect sense. Wasn't it also the settlement of a large number of Germans?
It is definitely overwhelmingly Germans/Prussians (as Kansas has a similar climate and geography to eastern Germany, almost 35% of the state has this lineage). But there was/are sizable amounts of Swedes, Dutch, Irish, English, and French. And in recent years, it is a lot of Mexicans, Guatemalans, and Vietnamese.
Another interesting one to note is the so called "Exodusters" communities, where were founded by former slaves from the South who didnt believe the US Governments claims of "40 acres and a mule", and were brought to better land by other blacks like Booker T. Washington to start building new communities in new land doing what they knew how to do already until they could build themselves up.
Stop making me want to move to Kansas.
That history all sounds great except for the recent events.