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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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MUSEUM

Old Depot Museum

County history is well displayed inside this restored 1888 two-story limestone Santa…

📍 Ottawa, Franklin County

DUTCH MILL

Old Dutch Mill

Much of this mill is a replica of the original octagonal structure…

📍 Smith Center, Smith County

HISTORIC BUILDING

Old Fire Station No. 9

This distinctive three-story former fire station opened in 1911 and served until…

📍 Kansas City, Wyandotte County

BANK

Old First National Bank Building

In 1889 J.R. Burrow built this lavish red-brick structure complete with granite…

📍 Smith Center, Smith County

COUNTY SEAT WAR

Old Gray County Courthouse

Constructed 1886, this courthouse was the center of a heated county seat…

📍 Cimarron, Gray County

MUSEUM

Old Jefferson Town

Stroll through this preserved little village of yesterday. The showpiece is the…

📍 Oskaloosa, Jefferson County

HISTORIC BRIDGE

Old Katy Bridge

Converted from rail to vehicle use in 1974, this Pratt truss bridge…

📍 Geary County

MILL DAM

Old Mill Dam

Here, at Fall River, the old linseed mill, the dam, and the…

📍 Fredonia, Wilson County

HISTORY

Old Mill Plaza

The grand old mill, a Second Empire style building, was constructed in…

📍 Newton, Harvey County

HISTORY

Old Prairie Town at Ward-Meade Historic…

Anthony Ward's family established a homestead and an Oregon Trail stop here…

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

HISTORIC SCHOOL

Old Schoolhouse

On this old schoolhouse, now the community center, notice the two doors—one…

📍 Belvidere, Kiowa County

HISTORIC SCHOOL

Old Scipio Schoolhouses

Look for the red metal roofs and you'll have found the schoolhouses,…

📍 Scipio, Anderson County

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