U.S. Route 59 in Kansas K-7, as US-73 leaves US-59 to become concurrent with K-7 and run south to Leavenworth. US-59 continues east on its own through the rest of town and crosses the Amelia Earhardt Memorial Bridge into Winthrop, Missouri, en route to St. Joseph. U.S. Route 59 in Kansas U.S. Route 59 (US-59) is a north-south highway in Kansas that travels from Chetopa to Atchison. US-59 is a highway which runs from south to north in eastern Kansas. It enters the state from Oklahoma south of Chetopa and passes through Parsons, Ottawa, and Lawrence. The route leaves Kansas for Missouri by crossing the
People of the South Wind like 'Song for America' [which] was more of classical composition...'People of the South Wind' was...more like us doing a disco song by somebody else." The song was written about the Kaw people who gave the state Kansas its name. In the Kansa language, the tribe's name could roughly be translated to "People of the South Wind". After the Monolith tour, the song was not performed live again until the mid-1990s because the band believed fans did not like the album. Today the song is still performed live. Two music videos for the track exist. The song, along with three other