Fast Facts about Kansas
Capital City: Topeka, KS 
State Song: Home on the Range
State Motto: Ad Astra per Aspera (To the stars through difficulties)
Statehood Date: January 29, 1861
State Order: 34th
State Bird: Western Meadowlark | State Flower: Sunflower
State Reptile: Ornate Box Turtle | State Tree: Cottonwood
State Animal: American Bison | State Insect: Honeybee
State Amphibian: Barred Tiger Salamander
For more facts, check out the State Library of Kansas
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- Some librarian-selected books on Kansas and Kansas City:
- 399 Kansas Characters
- Kansas Facts and Symbols
- How to Draw Kansas's Sights and Symbols
- Kidding Around Kansas City: What to Do, Where to Go, and How to Have Fun in Kansas City
- A Kid's Guide to Kansas City
- Use these databases to find locally relevant articles.
Kansas Newspapers- Kansas City Star
Kansas Kaleidoscope: A fun magazine for kids!
- Librarian-selected Web sites on local information and history:
- Historic Landmarks in Wyandotte County
- City of Fountains
- Kansas City: City of Fountains
- The National World War One Museum
- The Country Club Plaza
- KC City Hall History
- Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
- Steamboat Arabia Museum
- Kansas City Public Library Local History
- Linda Hall Library
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- KC Power and Light Building
Famous Places in KC
Librarians are experts at searching the Web and are happy to help you find what you need for your research topic or project on Kansas or Kansas City. Contact a librarian with your questions.
- Some famous Kansans in history:
- Langston Hughes, poet
- William Inge, playwright
- Hattie McDaniel, Academy Award-winning actress
- James Naismith, inventor of basketball
- Gordon Parks, photographer and motion picture director
- William Allen White, editor and writer
- Amelia Earhart, aviator
- John Brown, abolitionist
- Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
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