KANSAS

Where the Buffalo roam,

Where the Deer and The antalope Play.

Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,

And The Skys are not cloudy all day.

KANSAS means "PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH WIND."

Admitted to the Union as the 34th State: JANURARY 29, 1861

Population 1992: 2,522,574

Geographic Size: 82,264 Square Miles

Capital: TOPEKA

State Song: HOME ON THE RANGE

State Flower: WILD NATIVE SUNFLOWER

State Bird: WESTERN MEADOWLARK

State Amimal: THE BISON

State Motto: "AD ASTRA PER ASPERA" (To the Stars through difficulties)

State Tree: COTTONWOOD

State Insect: HONEYBEE

State Reptile: BOX TURTLE

Highest Point: 4,039 feet. (Wallace County)