Kansas
The Sunflower State
Paxton Pennington
States that border Kansas
• Colorado
• Nebraska
• Missouri
• Oklahoma
Famous People in Kansas
•Amelia Erhart
•Nat Love
•Wilt Chamberlain
Major Colleges
•University of Kansas
•Kansas State University
Kansas Sport Teams
• Home of USHL (United Sates Hockey
League)
• Topeka Scarecrows
Major cities in Kansas
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Topeka
Abilene
Wichita
Dodge city
Ashland
Famous Tourist Locations
• The Combat Air Museum is famous
• The Rolling Hill Refuge is also a site to
see
State Symbols
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Bird-Meadowlark
Tree-Cottonwood
Flower-Sunflower
State Song- Home on the Range
Governor of the State
• Kathleen Sebelius
Interesting Facts
• It has the same bird as many other states
the Western Meadowlark
• It also it part founder of the USHL
Things to Know
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Governor Kathleen Sebelius
Founder of USUL
Capital Topeka
Sunflower state
Works Cited
“Kansas”www.kansas.gov 11-26-07
Ingram,Scott. Kansas:The Sunflower State. Milwaukee:
World Almanac Library ,2002.
Shortrigge, James. ‘Kansas.’ The New Book of Knowledge.
Vol. 10, pp.161