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Kansas' Top State Facts: Kansas Travel & Tourism: Population: 2,688,418 Governor: Kathleen Sebelius (D, to January 2007) Entered the Union: January 29, 1861 As the: 34th state Motto: Ad astra per aspera (To the stars through difficulties) Nicknames: Sunflower State, Jayhawk State, Breadbasket of America Flower: Sunflower
Bird: Western Meadowlark Song: Home on the Range Origin of Name: From a Sioux word meaning "people of the south wind" Major Industries: Wheat, Cattle, Aircraft Historical Sites: Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Museum and Library, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Riley, Fort Scott Historic Site, Boot Hill Museum's Front Street, Fort Larned National Historic Site, Old Abilene Town Points of Interest: Wichita Art Museum, Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, NCAA Visitors Center Bordering States: Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Missouri
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