Kansas State Information Admission to Statehood January

Kansas State

Information Admission to Statehood: January 29, 1861 (34 th State) Capital City: Topeka Nickname: Sunflower State Origin of State Name: From the Sioux Indian for "south wind people“ • Spanish is the second-most-spoken language in Kansas, after English • Largest Cities: Wichita, Kansas City, Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan • •

Flag On a navy blue field is a sunflower, the state flower. Also, the state seal and the words "Kansas". In the picture of the state seal are thirtyfour stars representing the order of statehood. Above the stars is the motto "To the Stars Through Difficulties". On the seal a sunrise overshadows a farmer plowing a field near his log cabin, a steamboat sailing the Kansas River, a wagon train heading west and Native Americans hunting bison. Flag adopted 1927.

Economy • Agriculture: Cattle, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, hogs, corn. • Industry: Transportation equipment, food processing, printing and publishing, chemical products, machinery, apparel, petroleum, mining.

Education • Education in Kansas is governed at the primary and secondary school level by the Kansas State Board of Education. The state's public colleges and universities are supervised by the Kansas Board of Regents. • Twice since 1999 the Board of Education has approved changes in the state science curriculum standards that encouraged the teaching of intelligent design. Both times, the standards were reversed after changes in the composition of the board in the next election.

Famous Kansan Amelia Earhart, aviator Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

The world famous fast-food chain of Pizza Hut restaurants opened its first store in Wichita.

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