01481cam a2200265 4500 599062702 TxAuBib 20181205120000.0 180122s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018932101 9781467139229 146713922X YDX eng rda YDX KSA BO3 TxAuBib Ringer, Roger L. Kansas oddities : Just Bill the acting rooster, the locusts plagues of Grasshopper Falls, naturalist camps, and more / Roger L. Ringer. Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2018. 176 pages ; 23 cm. Includes bibliography and index. Touch down at Dead Cow International Airport and sample the state's bumper crop of bizarre history. The most commonplace sights contain unlikely stories, from the bulldozer's Morrowsville origins to the sunflower's journey from outlawed weed to state symbol. Some of this heritage lies submerged or buried, like the world's only saltwater spring that now sits at the bottom of a man-made lake. Rumored caches of the Fleagle Gang's loot still draw treasure hunters in spades. From mariachi legends to rodeo roundups, Roger Ringer gathers in a vast and varied harvest of Kansas lore. 20181205. Kansas. Kansas. History. Kansas. Folklore. Penner, Marci, foreword.