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American History. United States: Local History and Description. The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains.      
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Official Symbols of KansasOfficial Symbols of Kansas The Kansas State Flag, adopted by the Kansas Legislature as the official state flag on March 21, 1927, is a rectangle of dark-blue silk with the state seal at its center. Above the seal is the state crest, a sunflower resting on a twisted bar of blue and gold. The word "Kansas," added in 1961, is below the seal in gold, block lettering. James Henry LaneJames Henry Lane was an active member of the Free State forces and helped defend Lawrence during the "Wakarusa War." In 1861 he was elected as one of the first two U.S. Senators from the newly-admitted State of Kansas.
LansingLansing is located in Leavenworth County, in extreme northeast Kansas. The city grew up around the Kansas State Penitentiary, which itself was purposely located just a few miles south of the Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth.  
 
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