Kansas

• Admitted to Statehood: January 29, 1861
• Origin of Name: A Sioux word for "south wind people"
• Capital: Topeka
• Nickname: "Sunflower State"
• Motto: "To the Stars through Difficulties"
• Bird: Western Meadowlark
• Flower: Native Sunflower
• Song: "Home on the Range"
• Tree: Cottonwood
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