1. Kansas The Sunflower State Paxton Pennington

2. States that border Kansas Colorado Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma

3. Famous People in Kansas Amelia Erhart Nat Love Wilt Chamberlain

4. Major Colleges University of Kansas Kansas State University

5. Kansas Sport Teams Home of USHL (United Sates Hockey League) Topeka Scarecrows

6. Major cities in Kansas Topeka Abilene Wichita Dodge city Ashland

7. Famous Tourist Locations The Combat Air Museum is famous The Rolling Hill Refuge is also a site to see

8. State Symbols Bird-Meadowlark Tree-Cottonwood Flower-Sunflower State Song- Home on the Range

9. Governor of the State Kathleen Sebelius

10. Interesting Facts It has the same bird as many other states the Western Meadowlark It also it part founder of the USHL

11. Things to Know Governor Kathleen Sebelius Founder of USUL Capital Topeka Sunflower state

12. 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