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Kansas State Motto"Ad Astra Per Aspera" The Kansas state motto is Latin and means "To the stars through difficulties". The Kansas state motto appears both on the state flag and state seal. "This motto refers not only to the pioneering spirit of the early settlers, but also the difficult times Kansas went through before becoming a state. The anti-slavery forces and slavery proponents waged battles in the electoral process as well as on the battlefield. Kansas earned the nickname “Bloody Kansas” because of the war regarding slavery, much of which was fought on Kansas' soil." In this way the Kansas state motto may be seen to emphasize important values such as optimism and will force even when faced with hardships. Another note about the Kansas state motto is written by Robert Hay in The Great Seal of Kansas, in the Transactions of the Kansas Historical Society, 1903-1904, vol. 8: "The idea represented by the motto itself is very old and occurs frequently in classical poetry, in German set phrases and quotations, and in feudal mottoes of the European nobility." Kansas State Nicknames "The Sunflower State" (Official)
"Garden of the West" or "The Garden State" Kansas has a spectacularly lush landscape due the richness and fertility of the soil. "The Wheat State"
"The Grasshopper State" This version of Kansas state nicknames stems back to 1874 when Kansas was subject to a gigantic swarm of grasshoppers (Rocky Mountain Locusts) that left the landscape denuded. Fortunately Kansas quickly came back on its feet and in the following year presented the largest corn harvest ever seen in Kansas' history.
Rough weather conditions are the background for this Kansas nickname. "Midway, U.S.A." or "The Central State" "Bleeding Kansas" or "The Battleground of Freedom" "The Squatter State" "The Jayhawk State" or "The Jayhawker State" An Irishman, Pat Devlin, explains why he was participating in raids that crossed the Missouri border: "You know, in Ireland we have a bird we call the Jayhawk, which makes its living off of other birds. I guess you might say I've been Jayhawking!" The term "Jayhawk" may have referred to both Kansans and Missourians, but with time was only associated to Kansans. Missourians were called "Bushwhackers" Kansas State Slogans "There's No Place Like Home" "Kansas, as big as you think" ("Kansas: Simply Wonderful") "Land of Ahhs" "Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States" "ARRR Kansas: The Pirate's Kansas" "Kansas: Stupid is the New Smart" "Kansas: We Know We're Flat (And We're Very Self-conscious About It)" "Kansas: Not Everything is Flat"
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