Ratification or Admission:  January 29, 1861 (34th)
Present Constitution Adopted:  1859
State Abbreviation:  KS
State Capital:  Topeka
Largest City - Population:  Wichita
Origin of the Name:  From the Sioux Indian word, meaning “people of the south wind”.
State Motto:  “Ad Astra Per Aspera” (To the stars through difficulties)
State Nickname:  Sunflower State
State Song:  “Home on the Range” | Lyrics: Brewster Higley | Music: Dan Kelley
State Animal:  American Bison
State Bird:  Western Meadowlark
State Fish:  None
State Flower:  Sunflower
State Fruit:  Sandhill Plum
State Gemstone:  Jelenite
State Insect:  Honey Bee
State Mineral:  Galena
State Tree:  Eastern Cottonwood
State Flag:  On a navy blue field is a sunflower, the state flower. Also, the state seal and the words “Kansas”. In the picture of the state seal are thirty-four stars representing the order of statehood. Above the stars is the motto “To the Stars Through Difficulties”. On the seal a sunrise overshadows a farmer plowing a field near his log cabin, a steamboat sailing the Kansas River, a wagon train heading west and Native Americans hunting bison.

Economy

AGRICULTURE:
cattle, corn, soybeans, wheat.

MINING:
helium, hydrogen, petroleum, salt, sand, stone.

MANUFACTURING:
aircraft, chemicals, electronics, food processing, metal products, petroleum, printing.

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