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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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ICE CREAM AND/OR CUSTARD

Gene's Corner inside Sabetha Pharmacy

Take a seat and order a treat at the soda fountain. Photo…

📍 Sabetha, Nemaha County

SODA FOUNTAIN

Gibson Health Mart

A drugstore opened in this building in 1892 and has not been…

📍 WaKeeney, Trego County

SHOP STOPS

Glenda's Downtown

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

📍 Agenda, Republic County

DRINKING FOUNTAIN

Goff Drinking Fountain

Across from the Goff Bank (5200 Stahl) is a 1930 green-and-white drinking…

📍 Goff, Nemaha County

COCKTAILS

Goldfinch Coffee & Cocktails

Start your day with specialty coffee and light bites, then end it…

📍 Wichita, Sedgwick County

DISC GOLF

Golf and disc golf in Manhattan

There are several public golf courses in Manhattan and five disc golf…

📍 Manhattan, Riley County

GOLF

Golfing in Osborne

Tee off at two public nine-hole golf courses. Shady Bend grass-green course…

📍 Osborne County

GRAVEL BIKING

Gravel Biking from Abilene

Stretch your legs and enjoy the countryside on these gravel routes around…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

HISTORY

Great Bend Lustron Homes

You gotta love the Lustron! And Great Bend has been designated the…

📍 Great Bend, Barton County

CUISINE

Green Bean Dumpling Soup Circuit

Grun Bohna und Kneebble Suppe is a traditional recipe handed down through…

📍 Hays, Ellis County

SODA FOUNTAIN

Greensburg Soda Fountain

Although the 1917 Hunter Drugs is no longer in business, its beloved…

📍 Greensburg, Kiowa County

RANCHING

Greenwood Cattle

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

📍 Greenwood County

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