KansasKansas became a state on

January 29,1861.

It was the 34th state to

enter the Union.

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State Symbols

State flower: Sunflower

State bird: Meadowlark

State motto: “To the stars through difficulties”

State nickname: Sunflower State

State flag:

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SoilRivers

OilNatural gas

Grassland

Ogallala

Aquifer

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Plants

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The first attraction is the Kansas

Speedway. It is a race track in

Kansas City.

The second attraction is the Oz

Museum. It is about the Wizard of

Oz in Wamego, Kansas.The third attraction is the Wichita

Gardens. It was a flower garden

that opened in 1987 in Wichita,

Kansas.

Fam

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e Bob Dole was a politician.Walter Johnson was a baseball pitcher.Stan Kenton was a jazz

musician.

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1.A grain elevator in Hutchinson is ½ mile long and holds 46 million bushels in it’s 1,000 bins.2. Dodge City is the

windiest city in the United States.3. At one time it was

against the law to serve ice cream on cherry pie.

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www.50states.comwww.enchantedlearning.com

Ainsley, Dr. W . Frank, et al, (1995), Comparing Regions, New Jersey, Silver Burdett Gin