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Poetry of Kansas
"Nothing in the Paper" by Albert Stroud
Verdigris Valley Verse
(Coffeyville, Kansas: The Journal Press. 1917)
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KANSAS: Ad Astra Per Aspera
 
34th state: January 29, 1861 Area: 82,264 square miles   
 
Population: (1900) 1,470,495  ·  (1990) 2,447,574  ·  (2000) 2,688,418  ·  (2010) 2,853,118
State Capital:  Topeka
Governor: Sam Brownback

Motto: Ad Astra per Aspera  (To the stars through difficulties)
Kansas Symbols
Amphibian
Barred
Tiger
Salamander 		Animal
American
Buffalo		 Bird
Western
Meadowlark		 Flower
Wild
Native
Sunflower		    Fossils   
Tylosaurus
and
Pteranodon
Grass
Little
Bluestem		 Insect
Honeybee		 Reptile
Ornate
Box
Turtle		 Soil
Harney
Silt
Loam		   Song 
Home
on the
Range		    Tree   
Cotton-
wood
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