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KANSAS

Welcome to Kansas, "The Sunflower State"
Also known as "the Wheat State"
the "Jayhawker State" or "Midway, USA"

Named after Indians the Sioux called "Kansa," meaning "people of the south wind"

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State Information:

State Motto: "Ad Astra per Aspera" (To the Stars with difficulty)

State Amphibian: The Barred Tiger Salamander, adopted 1994

State Animal: The American Buffalo, adopted 1955

State Bird: Western Meadowlark, adopted 1937

State Fish: Channel Catfish, adopted 2003

State Floral Emblem: Sunflower, adopted 1903

State Flower: Sunflower, adopted 1903

State Insect: The Honeybee, adopted 1976

State March: "The Kansas March," composed by Duff E. Middleton, adopted 1935

State Reptile: The Ornate Box Turtle, adopted 1986

State Soil: Harney silt loam, adopted 1990

State Song: "Home on the Range"

State Tree: Eastern Cottonwood, adopted 1937

State Capital: Topeka

Size: The 15th largest state, 82,282 total square miles

Statehood: the 34th State. Admitted Jan. 29, 1861

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