Kansas

**Welcome to good old Kansas!**
 * Kansas KS** [[image:3443792596_acb5040baa.jpg width="150" height="90"]]

**Symbols:**

 * Kansas's nickname is **The Sunflower State**
 * The state bird is the **Western meadowlark**
 * The state tree is the **Cottonwood**
 * The state flower is the **Native Sunflower**
 * The state animal is the **American Bison**
 * The state insect is the **Honeybee**

** [[image:401369166_6eab92336b.jpg width="132" height="377"]] History/time line:[[image:American_Bison-Bison-Bovid-hd.jpg width="248" height="202"]]**
1806- Zebulon Pike explored Kansas 1861- Kansas becomes a state 1861- Civil War begins 1930's- The Dust Bowl happens 1930's- TheGreat Depression happens

The pawnee, Kansa, and Osage still live in Kansas The first europeans to travel Kansas was Spain In the 1830's the U.S made an Indian Removal Act, which forced various tribes from other parts of the country to move to Kansas
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State Governor: Mark Parkinson Capital: Topeka U.S Senators: Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts U.S Representatives: # 4 Republicans:# 2 State Senators: 40 State Representatives: 125 Counties: 105
 * Goverment:**

Sq. miles: 82,282 Population: 2,818,747 Areas: rural and urban
 * State Facts:**


 * Geography:**
 * Flat grass lands
 * The Flint Hills
 * Unique rock formations


 * Climate, Region, and Natural Resources:**
 * **E**very few years Kansas has a drought
 * Summers are very hot and winters are very cold
 * Thunderstorms and tornados are usually are in spring and summer
 * Wheat


 * Industries and crops:**
 * Aircraft is leading manufacturing products
 * Watermelon, colver, squash, and corn

he uses fields and things as a giant canvasse
 * Culture:**
 * Stan Herd is Known for being a crop artist,
 * Beef is the states most valuble farm product


 * Fun Facts:**
 * Famous People: Amelia Earhart, Barry Sanders
 * Recipes: Spoon Bread and Pear Honey
 * The 15th largest state


 * Other Facts:**
 * A midwestern state
 * Named after Kansas River which flows through it
 * Residents of Kansas are called Kansans