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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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CURIOSITY

Captive Rock

Captive Rock is caged outside the Old Mill Museum Complex. Found during…

📍 Lindsborg, McPherson County

STATUE

Carl and Alma Swensson

A statue of Carl Aaron Swensson, founder of Bethany College in 1881,…

📍 Lindsborg, McPherson County

ART GALLERY

Carnegie Center for the Arts

One of the most unique Carnegie libraries in the state, this 1907…

📍 Dodge City, Ford County

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Carnegie Cultural Center

One of the most beautiful Carnegie libraries in Kansas now functions as…

📍 Ottawa, Franklin County

ART GALLERY

Carriage Factory Gallery

Works of Kansas artists are displayed on three floors against the historic…

📍 Newton, Harvey County

MURAL

Catfish Mural

On the east side of a cement block building a colorful mural…

📍 Burlington, Coffey County

SCULPTURE

Cattleman's Harvest

The Charlie Norton bronze sculpture Cattleman's Harvest stands in front of the…

📍 Scott City, Scott County

ART

Cemetery Art

Ernest White was the artist, welder, and sculptor of the entrance arch…

📍 Blaine, Pottawatomie County

CEMETERY

Cemetery Folk Art

Here you'll find the first of several folk-art gravestones created by local…

📍 Hoisington, Barton County

SCULPTURE

Chainsaw Sculptures

A tall orange carrot, a red rose petal on a giant stem,…

📍 Coffeyville, Montgomery County

ART GALLERY

Chanute Art Gallery

Special exhibits change every few months in this expansive and colorful art…

📍 Chanute, Neosho County

MEMORIAL

Chanute-Wright Brothers' Memorial

A huge kinetic biplane sculpture stands as a memorial to Octave Chanute,…

📍 Chanute, Neosho County

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