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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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Courtland Arts Center's Arch

Around 1890 Swedish immigrant John Sederlin built a limestone barn with a…

📍 Courtland, Republic County

SHOP STOPS

Cousin Eddie's Visitor Center & Antique…

Ever since Clark W. Griswold and his family stopped in Coolidge to…

📍 Coolidge, Hamilton County

COURTHOUSE

Cowley County Courthouse

A large map detailing the towns, townships, and rivers in the county…

📍 Winfield, Cowley County

MUSEUM

Cowley County Historical Museum

The county's varied history is preserved at this two-story limestone former school.…

📍 Winfield, Cowley County

COURTHOUSE

Crawford County Courthouse

Built in 1922, this Modern Eclecticism structure features marble walls and staircases.…

📍 Girard, Crawford County

MARSH ARCH RAINBOW BRIDGE

Creamery Bridge

Creamery Bridge, spanning the Marais de Cygnes River on N. 8th, is…

📍 Osawatomie, Miami County

NRHP

Crest Theater

The red and earth tones add zest to the Crest Theater facade…

📍 Great Bend, Barton County

ARCHITECTURE

Cruising Sylvia

Drive slowly through this small town and you'll find interesting structures including…

📍 Sylvia, Reno County

NATURE

Crystal Spring

The water for the city of Florence comes from Crystal Spring, one…

📍 Florence, Marion County

HISTORIC BUILDING

Cuba Community Hall

Each March community boosters host a week-long Rock-a-Thon at Cuba's 1930 auditorium,…

📍 Cuba, Republic County

PARK

Cunningham Park

Named for Glenn Cunningham, world record-setting miler and Olympian who grew up…

📍 Elkhart, Morton County

HISTORIC HOME

Custer House

A white picket fence surrounds the only double set of officers' quarters…

📍 Fort Riley, Geary County

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