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[[File:Western_Kansas-High_Plains_Nicodemus.JPG|thumb|240px|The [[High Plains (United States)|High Plains]] of western Kansas]] |
[[File:Western_Kansas-High_Plains_Nicodemus.JPG|thumb|240px|The [[High Plains (United States)|High Plains]] of western Kansas]] |
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'''West Kansas''' was a [[List of U.S. state partition proposals|proposed state]] of the United States. |
'''West Kansas''' was a [[List of U.S. state partition proposals|proposed state]] of the United States, advocated by a short-lived [[secessionist movement]] in the 1990s. |
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==Background== |
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In 1992, a group in southwestern Kansas advocated the secession of a number of counties in that region from the state. Headed by [[Don O. Concannon]], a lawyer and former gubernatorial candidate from [[Hugoton, Kansas|Hugoton]], the group called the new state name "West Kansas", a state bird ([[pheasant]]), and a state flower ([[yucca]]). The proposal was in reaction to laws raising real estate taxes, and shifting state education funding away from rural school districts and into more urban areas. Though organizers arranged for a series of [[straw poll]]s that demonstrated widespread support for secession in nine counties,<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-13319676/we-re-outta-here#/ | title=We're outta here! | work=[[Common Cause|Common Cause Magazine]] | date=December 1992 | last=Overby | first=Peter | number=4 | volume=18 | page=23}}</ref><!-- http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9302141318/were-outta-here --> the movement died out by the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.17490/article_detail.asp | last=Kauffman | first=Bill | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070214035253/http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.17490/article_detail.asp | archivedate=February 14, 2007 | deadurl=yes | publication-date=March 1995 | volume=6 | issue=2 | magazine=[[The American Enterprise]] | p=37 | title=Smaller Is Beautifuller}}</ref><!-- http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9503150825/smaller-beautifuller --> |
In 1992, a group in southwestern Kansas advocated the secession of a number of counties in that region from the state. Headed by [[Don O. Concannon]], a lawyer and former gubernatorial candidate from [[Hugoton, Kansas|Hugoton]], the group called the new state name "West Kansas", a state bird ([[pheasant]]), and a state flower ([[yucca]]). The proposal was in reaction to laws raising real estate taxes, and shifting state education funding away from rural school districts and into more urban areas. Though organizers arranged for a series of [[straw poll]]s that demonstrated widespread support for secession in nine counties,<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-13319676/we-re-outta-here#/ | title=We're outta here! | work=[[Common Cause|Common Cause Magazine]] | date=December 1992 | last=Overby | first=Peter | number=4 | volume=18 | page=23}}</ref><!-- http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9302141318/were-outta-here --> the movement died out by the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.17490/article_detail.asp | last=Kauffman | first=Bill | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070214035253/http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.17490/article_detail.asp | archivedate=February 14, 2007 | deadurl=yes | publication-date=March 1995 | volume=6 | issue=2 | magazine=[[The American Enterprise]] | p=37 | title=Smaller Is Beautifuller}}</ref><!-- http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9503150825/smaller-beautifuller --> |
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West Kansas was a proposed state of the United States, advocated by a short-lived secessionist movement in the 1990s.
Background
In 1992, a group in southwestern Kansas advocated the secession of a number of counties in that region from the state. Headed by Don O. Concannon, a lawyer and former gubernatorial candidate from Hugoton, the group called the new state name "West Kansas", a state bird (pheasant), and a state flower (yucca). The proposal was in reaction to laws raising real estate taxes, and shifting state education funding away from rural school districts and into more urban areas. Though organizers arranged for a series of straw polls that demonstrated widespread support for secession in nine counties,[1] the movement died out by the mid-1990s.[2]
References
- ^ Overby, Peter (December 1992). "We're outta here!". Common Cause Magazine. 18 (4): 23.
- ^ Kauffman, Bill (March 1995). "Smaller Is Beautifuller". The American Enterprise. p. 37. Archived from the original on February 14, 2007.
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