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Moon, Warren

(Encyclopedia) Moon, Warren (Harold Warren Moon, Jr.), 1956–, African-American football player, b. Los Angeles. Moon quarterbacked the Univ. of Washington Huskies to a Rose Bowl title in 1978, but he…

Chaykovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevich

(Encyclopedia) Chaykovsky, Nikolai VasilyevichChaykovsky, Nikolai Vasilyevichnyĭkəlīˈ vəsēˈlyəvĭch chīkôfˈskē [key], 1850–1926, Russian socialist. As a student in St. Petersburg he joined (1869) a…

Chamberlain, Wilt

(Encyclopedia) Chamberlain, Wilt (Wilton Norman Chamberlain), 1936–99, American basketball player, b. Philadelphia. At the Univ. of Kansas he was a two-time All-American center. During 14 seasons in…

Dykstra, Clarence Addison

(Encyclopedia) Dykstra, Clarence AddisonDykstra, Clarence Addisondīkˈstrə [key], 1883–1950, American educator and civic administrator, b. Cleveland, grad. Univ. of Iowa, 1903. After graduate work at…

Hickok, Wild Bill

(Encyclopedia) Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837–76, American frontier marshal, b. Troy Grove, near Ottawa, Ill., as James Butler Hickok. He took part in the Kansas struggle preceding the Civil War, was a…

Billy the Kid

(Encyclopedia) Billy the Kid, 1859–81, American outlaw, b. New York City. His real name was probably Henry McCarty; he was known as William H. Bonney. His family moved to Kansas and then to New…

Allen County, KS Census Data

Kansas Allen County, Kansas People QuickFactsAllen CountyKansasPopulation, 2005 estimate 13,7872,744,687Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -4.2%2.1%Population, 2000 14,…

Anderson County, KS Census Data

Kansas Anderson County, Kansas People QuickFactsAnderson CountyKansasPopulation, 2005 estimate 8,1822,744,687Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 0.9%2.1%Population, 2000…

Atchison County, KS Census Data

Kansas Atchison County, Kansas People QuickFactsAtchison CountyKansasPopulation, 2005 estimate 16,8042,744,687Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 0.2%2.1%Population, 2000…

Barber County, KS Census Data

Kansas Barber County, Kansas People QuickFactsBarber CountyKansasPopulation, 2005 estimate 4,9582,744,687Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -6.6%2.1%Population, 2000 5,…