Seal of Kansas
The Great Seal of the State of Kansas tells the history of the U.S. state of Kansas.
The seal contains:
- Landscape with a rising sun
- River and steamboat
- Settler's cabin and a man plowing a field
- Wagon train heading west
- Indians hunting American Bison
- Cluster of 34 stars – identifying Kansas as the 34th state to be accepted into the Union of the United States.
- State motto "Ad astra "
History
The design for the Great Seal of Kansas was submitted by John James Ingalls, a state senator from Atchison. Ingalls also proposed the state motto, "Ad astra per aspera."The Great Seal of the State of Kansas was established by a joint resolution adopted by the Kansas Legislature on May 25, 1861.
The resolution states: