Many Kansans may not know it, but the state over the past 15 years has adopted symbols that include the state grass, fish, rock, fossils and fruit.

His grin grew even wider. The dense grass swaying in the current appeared to be healthy, and the water teemed with schools of small, silvery fish, making it the best site researchers have ...

But as they celebrate the Sunflower State's 164th anniversary of statehood on Wednesday, Kansans may be less familiar with the identities of the state fish, fruit, grass, rock, mineral ...