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The Setting The land of eastern Kansas consists of a landform known as the Osage Plains. Here limestone cuestas overlook several rivers that drain to the east and south. These rivers include the Verdigris, the Neosho, and the Kansas. The main river between the Kansas to the north and the Neosho to the south and west is known as the Osage in Missouri but in…
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