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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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BRICKS

Marysville Streets

When you drive over the brick streets, think about this. During a…

📍 Marysville, Marshall County

CURIOSITY

Matfield Green Mini Mart

Amy and Theresa wanted to support the Unbound Gravel bikers who came…

📍 Matfield Green, Chase County

ART

McCracken's Rodeo

The iron cutouts at the town entrance, made by B&B Metal Arts…

📍 McCracken, Rush County

GOLF

Meade Golf Course

Golfers can enjoy an 18-hole experience at the nine-hole Meade Golf Course…

📍 Meade, Meade County

LIBRARY

Memorial Library

A marker on the library grounds notes that this is the official…

📍 Liberal, Seward County

RAIL TRAIL

Mile Zero of Flint Hills Nature…

The Flint Hills Nature Trail is longest rail-trail in Kansas is 118…

📍 Osawatomie, Miami County

GAS STATION

Miller Brothers Fast Gas

Miller Brothers Fast Gas at 928 E. Main and at 2706 W.…

📍 Independence, Montgomery County

BIKE HIKE TRAIL

Mitchell County Biking / Hiking Trails

Check out this list of places in Mitchell County to bike, hike…

📍 Mitchell County

CUSTOMS

Mound Builders and Christy Hall

In 1927 Dean Leroy Allen put the Southwestern College nickname (Mound builders)…

📍 Winfield, Cowley County

NATURE

Mound City Trees

The redbuds in the spring and the sugar maples in the fall…

📍 Mound City, Linn County

CEMETERY

Mount Hope Cemetery Carillon

Mount Hope Cemetery is home to the first singing tower in a…

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

ART

Murals and Sculptures in Salina

Sculptures and murals abound in Salina. In fact, each year Sculpture Tour…

📍 Salina, Saline County

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