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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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HISTORIC ROUTE 66

Gearhead Curios

This 1939 Texaco station has been restored by owner Aaron Perry into…

📍 Galena, Cherokee County

HISTORIC DISTRICT

Glasco Downtown Historic District

Twenty-five buildings are included as significant contributors to the historic district. Despite…

📍 Glasco, Cloud County

SHOP STOPS

Glenda's Downtown

Eventually Glenda Trecek purchased every building in this one-block downtown and renovated…

📍 Agenda, Republic County

ARCHITECTURE

Golden Rule Oil Company Building

This small tin-clad building with matching parapets on all four sides, was…

📍 Isabel, Barber County

GROCERY

Gooch's Foods

Since 1948 the Gooch family has operated this clean, full-service grocery store,…

📍 Tribune, Greeley County

WINERY

Grace Hill Winery

The label names alone make you curious—Peckerhead Red (sweet red), Leaning Shed…

📍 Whitewater, Butler County

GRAIN ELEVATOR

Grain Elevator Museum

The Grenola Mill and Elevator served the community from 1909 to 1986,…

📍 Grenola, Elk County

WIND FARM

Gray County Wind Farm

Built in 2001, it was the first wind farm in the state.…

📍 Montezuma, Gray County

RANCHING

Greenwood Cattle

From April to October Greenwood County pastures are filled with about 120,000…

📍 Greenwood County

MUSEUM

Greenwood County Historical Museum

Ranching, farming, and oil-boom exhibits, plus historic photos of all the towns…

📍 Eureka, Greenwood County

HISTORIC BUILDING

Greenwood Hotel

A major renovation of this 1883 three-story hotel was completed in 1926.…

📍 Eureka, Greenwood County

HISTORICAL MARKER

Grenola Historical Marker

The native limestone marker next to the stone gazebo in a park…

📍 Grenola, Elk County

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