Perastr Adastra - The Motto of Kansas

Perastr adastra is more than just the motto of the state of kansas. It's used as the motto of many, a many entities. Do you think kansas stole it from the duchy of mecklenburg sweren? Probably we got it from the city of guda in the netherlands. In his companion persona, it appears in to kill a mocking bird and a portrait of the artist as a young man.