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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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MUSEUM

Kansas Barbed Wire Museum

After hosting a swap and sell convention in 1967, LaCrosse became known…

📍 LaCrosse, Rush County

KID FUN

Kansas Children's Discovery Center

Be ready to explore, create, discover, and learn through play! A variety…

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

QUILT TRAIL

Kansas Flint Hills Quilt Trail

Wabaunsee is one of the counties included in this project, which leads…

📍 Wabaunsee County

KANSAS HISTORIC BYWAY

Kansas Route 66 Historic Byway

Of the 2,448 miles of the famous Route 66, 13.25 miles pass…

📍 Galena, Cherokee County

EVENTS

Kansas State Fair

Hutchinson has been the proud home of the official Kansas State Fair…

📍 Hutchinson, Reno County

EVENTS

Kansas Storytelling Festival

Since 1993, Downs has been home to the Kansas Storytelling Festival held…

📍 Downs, Osborne County

CUSTOMS

Kansas Wheat Festival

The Kansas Wheat Festival is a custom unlike any other. Since 1900…

📍 Wellington, Sumner County

SODA FOUNTAIN

Kay's Pharmacy

Kids and adults love coming to this 1920s six-stool soda fountain. The…

📍 Herington, Dickinson County

PARK

Kelley Park

The National Youth Administration (NYA) erected Kelley Hall in 1941, built with…

📍 Burlington, Coffey County

BRICK STREETS

Kingman Brick Streets

Red-brick streets accentuate the many turn-of-the-century downtown buildings.

📍 Kingman, Kingman County

MEAT MARKET

Krizman's Sausage

In business since 1939, Krizman's produces more than a dozen kinds of…

📍 Kansas City, Wyandotte County

ICE CREAM AND/OR CUSTARD

KSU Call Hall Dairy Bar

Students and the public have been making the call for ice cream…

📍 Manhattan, Riley County

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