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Tom Bookwalter, a Kansas native and K-State art professor, created a stylized wildcat's head known as the "Powercat," that was added to the football team's helmets. By the mid-1990s, due to the football team's rapid rise, the Powercat had replaced the cartoon-style Willie as K-State's primary logo. In 1997, the current "21st Century" Willie was ...
Symbol. Year and references. Kansas state seal. Great Seal of the State of Kansas. 1861[2] Kansas state flower and floral emblem. Wild native sunflower (Helianthus) 1903[3][4] Kansas state banner.
Official description. The official flag of Kansas is represented by a dark- blue silk rectangle representing Kansas arranged horizontally with the state seal aligned in the center. Above the seal is a sunflower which sits over a bar of gold and light blue. Below the seal is printed the name of the state " KANSAS ".
It was officially adopted as the state song of Kansas on June 30, 1947, and is commonly regarded as the unofficial anthem of the American West. [ 18 ] [ 1 ] On September 27, 1933, Bing Crosby recorded "Home on the Range" with Lennie Hayton and his orchestra for Brunswick Records .
Kansas State University, originally named Kansas State Agricultural College, was founded in Manhattan on February 16, 1863, during the American Civil War, as a land-grant institution under the Morrill Act. [9] [13] The school was the first land-grant college created under the Morrill Act.
Before we go any further, here is a rundown of K-State’s last nine games after a loss: 42-20 victory over LSU at the Texas Bowl. 41-34 win at Oklahoma. 48-0 blowout over Oklahoma State. 31-3 win ...
Kansas, which has an area of 82,278 square miles (213,100 square kilometers) is the 15th-largest state by area, the 36th most-populous of the 50 states, with a population of 2,940,865 [ 20 ] according to the 2020 census, and the 10th least densely populated. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans.
The U.S. state of Kansas, located on the eastern edge of the Great Plains, was the home of nomadic Native American tribes who hunted the vast herds of bison (often called "buffalo"). In around 1450 AD, the Wichita People founded the great city of Etzanoa. The city of Etzanoa was abandoned in around 1700 AD.