Kansas

Kansas is the 34th state to be established in the United States of America, and it is most known for its wheat production, BBQ, rolling hills, Kansas (the band), and being one of the main settings in the movie/book called 'The Wizard of Oz'. (It also has a lot of crazy weather.)

State Items
Date of Statehood: January 29, 1861

Capital: Topeka

Population (As of 2010): 2,853,118

Size: 82,278 square miles; (213,100 square kilometers)

Nicknames: Sunflower State, Wheat State, Jayhawk State

Motto: Ad Astra Per Aspera (To the stars, through difficulty)

Tree: Cottonwood

Bird: Western Meadowlark

Flower: Wild Native Sunflower

State flag meaning
Sunflower (On top of flag):

Blue and

Female
Kansas (female) is shown with a blue dress with a yellow sunflower pattern on it, it is lined with white cotton lace. She wears a straw sun hat with a string with beads on the end of it. She almost always has a piece of wheat straw in her mouth. (Because of all the farming done.)

The female version is the most known version of this character.

Personality
Kansas is often shown as sweet, loving, sympathetic, and caring. She does a lot of hard farming work all day, but gets a lot done.

Likes

 * Nature
 * Wildlife
 * flowers
 * animals
 * priries


 * farming
 * sunny/nice days
 * KC BBQ
 * forests

Dislikes

 * thunderstorms
 * tornados
 * traffic
 * road rage

Civil War
Kansas was part of the Union in the Civil War. The Kansas Territory spread out into Colorado, but later on when declared a state, was shrunk.

Dust Bowl Era
1930-1936

The dust bowl was caused by a series of many droughts, the grass dried up and died, leading to Kansas tumbleweeds. All of the dirt and soil dried out too, and almost all the good soil, or top soil; blew away in the very strong winds.

Trivia
Kansas is thought to be the flattest state, but it is second, after Florida.

Family

 * United States- Parent
 * Alabama- Sibling
 * Arizona- Sibling
 * Arkansas- Sibling
 * California- Sibling
 * Colorado- Sibling
 * Connecticut- Sibling
 * Delaware- Sibling
 * Florida- Sibling
 * Georgia- Sibling
 * Hawaii- Sibling/Best friend
 * Idaho- Sibling
 * Illinois- Sibling
 * Indiana- Sibling
 * Iowa- Sibling
 * Kansas- Sibling
 * Kentucky- Sibling
 * Louisiana- Sibling
 * Maine- Sibling
 * Maryland- Sibling
 * Massachusetts- Sibling
 * Michigan- Sibling
 * Minnesota- Sibling
 * Mississippii- Sibling
 * Missouri- Sibling
 * Montana- Sibling
 * Nebraska- Sibling
 * Nevada- Sibling
 * New Hampshire- Sibling
 * New Jersey- Sibling
 * New Mexico- Sibling
 * New York- Sibling
 * North Carolina- Sibling
 * North Dakota- Sibling
 * Ohio- Sibling
 * Oklahoma- Sibling
 * Oregon- Sibling
 * Pennsylvania- Sibling
 * Rhode Island- Sibling
 * South Carolina- Sibling
 * South Dakota- Sibling
 * Tennessee- Sibling
 * Texas- Sibling
 * Utah- Sibling
 * Vermont- Sibling
 * Virginia- Sibling
 * Washington- Sibling
 * West Virginia- Sibling
 * Wisconsin- Sibling
 * Wyoming- Sibling