Fast Facts about Kansas
Capital City: Topeka, Kan. 
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
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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
- A Kid's Guide to Kansas City
- Use these databases to find locally relevant articles.
Kansas Newspapers- Kansas City Star
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- Librarian-selected Websites on local information and history:
Atlas Map of Johnson County, Kan. – 1874- Reverends Thomas Johnson
- Andrew Reeder
- John P. St. John
- Marshall Ensor
- Paul Rudd
- Shawnee Mission Park
- Johnson County Museum
- Johnson County Executive Airport
- Kansas School for the Deaf
- Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farmstead
- Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead
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- Librarian-selected Websites on local information and history:
- Fifty things every Kansas Citian should know
- Harry S. Truman
- Charlie Parker
- Walt Disney
- Joyce C. Hall
- Satchel Paige
- Famous Kansas Citians
- Kansas City Public Library Biographies
- The National World War One Museum at Liberty Memorial
- Union Station
- Kansas City: City of Fountains
- Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
- Steamboat Arabia Museum
- Linda Hall Library
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- KC History
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- Librarian-selected Websites on local information and history:
- Kansas Government
- State Library
- Map of Kansas
- Langston Hughes, poet
- James Naismith, inventor of basketball
- William Allen White, editor and writer
- Amelia Earhart, aviator
- John Brown, abolitionist
- Looking for more famous Kansans?
- Famous Kansans Trading Cards
- Kansapedia People
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- Cities and Towns
- Counties
- Regions
- State-Owned Historic Sites
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