“I guess it is, because I didn't read about it. I went to school in Texas and I don't remember hearing anything about Kansas and the Civil War.”

— John Russell, sales and training, Amarillo, Texas

“Yes. I didn't learn anything about Kansas when I studied the Civil War in school, but I picked up a bit of the history visiting historical sites.”

— Lisa Shipman, homemaker, De Soto

“Probably, because Kansas was at the center of the conflict and could have gone either way, but managed to remain a free state.”

— Elsie Wickliffe, retired, Hutchinson

“Yes, because we are looked upon as a neutral state, and I think the fact that Mass. Street burned to the ground proves otherwise. I think historians focus too much on what was happening on the coast.”

— Michael Lawrence, conceptual designer, Lawrence