Like all states, Kansas has symbols that it honors and that set it apart from the rest of the country. Here are just a few of them. The state flag was introduced in 1927.

Not all proposals for state symbols get through the committee process. In 2012 there was a failed attempt to name the Cairn terrier –the same type of dog as Toto – as the state dog of Kansas.

Students curious about the state amphibian and flying fossil — the barred tiger salamander and the pteranodon, respectively — can find representations of both along S. Kansas Avenue. Along the ...

The Kansas Senate Tuesday rejected a proposal by State Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, who has Haven Pointe Winery LLC, to designate the Chambourcin, a French-American interspecific hybrid grape ...