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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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LIBRARY

Potwin Public Library

Potwin's first bank now houses the public library. You'll find the restroom…

📍 Potwin, Butler County

HISTORIC HOME

Poulet House

Alexis Poulet, a prominent businessman in White Cloud, built this Italianate home…

📍 White Cloud, Doniphan County

MUSEUM

Prairie Museum of Art and History

Joe and Nellie Kuska gathered artifacts from all over the world, and…

📍 Colby, Thomas County

NATIVE AMERICAN

Prairie People's Park

The striking arched entrance, a Merriell Wahwasuck replica of the Potawatomi Nation's…

📍 Mayetta, Jackson County

BIKE HIKE TRAIL

Prairie Spirit Trail Trailhead

Renovated in 1996, this brick 1934 Santa Fe depot serves as Garnett's…

📍 Garnett, Anderson County

COURTHOUSE

Pratt County Courthouse

Famed courthouse architect George Washburn designed this courthouse built in 1909 to…

📍 Pratt, Pratt County

CITY HALL

Prescott Rural High School

The community restored the former Prescott Rural High School, which closed its…

📍 Prescott, Linn County

HISTORY

President Taft plaque

The cornerstone on the northeast corner of Memorial Hall states that it…

📍 Hutchinson, Reno County

HISTORIC DISTRICT

Pretty Little City

The city entrance sign claims it's 'The Most Beautiful Little City in…

📍 Westwood Hills, Johnson County

HISTORIC HOME

Professors' Row

It was a Sunday event in the late 1910s to drive past…

📍 Pittsburg, Crawford County

HISTORIC FARMSTEAD

Prospect Park Farm

Just before Trail, above the tree line, you'll see the cupola of…

📍 Chapman, Dickinson County

CITY HALL

Pump House Transformation

The building was originally the pump house for the hand-dug well. The…

📍 Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County

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