Kansas
Date of Statehood:  January 29, 1861
Motto:  To the Stars Through Difficulties
Capital: Topeka
Population:   2,688,418
Nickname:  Sunflower State
Song:  Home on the Range
Flag: The Kansas state flag was adopted in 1927.
Flower:  Sunflower
Tree:  Cottonwood
Bird:  Western Meadowlark
Famous People:

Gwendolyn Brooks, Walter P. Chrysler, Clark M. Clifford
Chief Products:  Wheat
Fun Facts:

A ball of twine in Cawker City measures over 38' in circumference and weighs more than 16,750 pounds and is still growing. At Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine waterbeds for horses are used in surgery. At one time it was against the law to serve ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas.

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