...opulation in 1890 was 1,427,096; in 1900, 1,470,495. Much of the State is a fine grazing country, well supplied with rivers and watered by numerous creeks. On its eastern border the navigable Missouri River presents a waterfront of almost 150 miles. It has a coal-bearing region which occupies the whole of the eastern part of the State, and embraces about 17,000 square miles. The climate of Kansas is b...