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| Founded by 1854 by pro slavery Missourians, the town of Lecompton was intended to become the state capitol, and the United States Congress authorized funds to build the Capitol Building. The building was never used as a capitol but was later finished and used as Lane University. It's now a museum. |
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| Website : www.kansas.gov |
 Capital
: Topeka |
 Highest
point : Mount
Sunflower, 4,039 feet |
 Area : 82,282 square miles,
15th largest state. |
 Population : 2,688,418
(2000 census) |
 Motto
:
Ad astra per aspra (To the stars
through difficulties) |
 Admitted to
Union : January 29, 1861 |
 State
Song : "Home on the Range" |
 State Bird : Western Medowlark |
 State Flower
: Sunflower
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 State Tree : Cottonwood |
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