In 1861, Kansas became the 34th state.
Kansas’ name comes from the a word that means "People of the South Wind." It originated from the Kansa Native American tribe."Today some Kansans call themselves Jayhawkers. Probably before you were born, the Civil War had not started... and the term actually referred to Kansan bands of robbers. But once the war started on April 12, 1861, many Jayhawkers or robbers enlisted to fight in support of the Union in the North and the abolition of slavery. Kansas' nickname, which is the Sunflower State, comes from the big, wide, and large fields of sunflowers that bloom here. These poplar flowers are grown for seeds and oil. Kansas is right next to Nebraska in the north, Missouri in the east, Oklahoma in the south, and Colorado in the west. The state is known for a lot of plains, but it isn’t all flatland . Nine-banded armadillos, black-tailed jackrabbits, and plains pocket gophers run through the state along with buffalo (the state animal). Reptiles sliver and crawl around Kansas, some of them are prairie king snakes, western worm snakes, prairie lizards, and Great Plains skinks. Birds cover a good lot of the state, a few are of them are: black vultures, golden eagles, yellow-billed cuckoos, western meadowlarks, (state bird) and prairie chickens. In the northeast part of the state, cedar, maple, oak, and walnut trees grow. Cottonwood, the state tree, crops up throughout the state. But Kansas is covered in a lot of grass: the west grows buffalo grass; the Southeastern Plains have blue-stem grass, switch grass, and Indian grass; and the Great Plains grow bluegrass. Common wildflowers include sunflowers, verbena, purple cornflower, prairie phlox, and prickly poppy. Ashleigh
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