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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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BRICK STREETS

Brick History

In the early 1900s a large brick plant here produced 100,000 bricks…

📍 Fort Scott, Bourbon County

BOOKSTORE

Bridge Street Books

Is this a cozy living room, complete with comfortable furniture, art, and…

📍 Humboldt, Allen County

CATTLE

Brookover Feed Yard

'Eat Beef, Keep Slim' is still proudly displayed on the grain elevators…

📍 Garden City, Finney County

FARM TO MARKET

Bruce's Bullseye Farms

When she's not traveling the state as a culinary coach for the…

📍 Leon, Butler County

CUSTOMS

Buffalo Bricks

With our state animal in mind, it seems fitting for Kansans to…

📍 Buffalo, Wilson County

SHOP STOPS

Buffalo Gallery-Pigeonhole Studio

Owners and artists Connie Levendofsky and Marla Wilson offer creative and unique…

📍 Scandia, Republic County

GRAIN ELEVATOR

Burdett Grain Elevators

Agriculture is king in Burdett. The Golden Valley farmers co-operative grain elevators…

📍 Burdett, Pawnee County

MEAT MARKET

Burdick Meat Locker

To find the Burdick Meat Locker, look for the big Pepsi sign…

📍 Burdick, Morris County

MUSEUM

Butler County Historical Society Museum and…

The story of oil is an important one in this area, from…

📍 El Dorado, Butler County

BRICKS

Caney Bricks

It's hard not to notice all the brick buildings, streets, and homes…

📍 Caney, Montgomery County

ART GALLERY

Carriage Factory Gallery

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

📍 Newton, Harvey County

CATTLE

Cassoday Cattle History

Large shipments of cattle are brought into Cassoday from all over the…

📍 Cassoday, Butler County

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