Statehood |
The 34th state Jan. 29, 1861 |
Captial |
Topeka |
State Motto |
To the stars through difficulties |
Origin of State Name |
The state is named for the Kansas River, which, in turn,
was named for the Kansa people, who once inhabited the
northeast area of the state.
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State Nickname |
The Sunflower State The helianthus, or native wild sunflower,
grows throughout Kansas.
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Interesting Facts |
In 1919 the first airplane factory in Kansas was built in Wichita,
which became one of the nation's top plane manufacturing cities.
Dwight Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States, was born
in Abeline, Kansas in 1890. Kansas was a crucial battleground in
the fight over slavery between 1858-1859, and was finally admitted
as a free state in 1861, just before the Civil War.
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