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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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SHOP STOPS

Rodger's Oil Company

Where do you go where everybody knows your name? Not the neighborhood…

📍 Gridley, Coffey County

ROLLER RINK

Rolla Roller Rink

Roll down to the Rolla Roller Rink at 311 Washington! Inside the…

📍 Rolla, Morton County

EVENTS

Rooks County Free Fair

There's something special about the sights, sounds, and even smells of a…

📍 Stockton, Rooks County

CUSTOMS

Round Square

Blue Rapids holds the distinction of having the only round town square…

📍 Blue Rapids, Marshall County

PARK

Russ Binney Park

Longtime community advocate and businessman Russ Binney would appreciate this lovely little…

📍 Ulysses, Grant County

MURAL

Russell Public Library

Just like so many libraries, this one is essential to the community.…

📍 Russell, Russell County

HIKING

Sand Hills State Park

From K-61, 1 mile east on 56. You're in sand dune country,…

📍 Hutchinson, Reno County

GOLF

Sand-Green Golf

For a High Plains recreational experience, play nine holes on this sand-green…

📍 Bird City, KS, Cheyenne County

BREWERY

Sandhills Brewing

Brothers Jonathan and Pippin Williamson, along with friend Joe Cizek, like making…

📍 Hutchinson, Reno County

HILLSIDE SIGNAGE

Scripture Hill

In 1897 a railroad dispatcher created this 475-foot-long message for everyone on…

📍 Arkansas City, Cowley County

YELLOW BRICK ROAD

Sedan Yellow Brick Road

All of downtown is known as the Yellow Brick Road. Sidewalks are…

📍 Sedan, Chautauqua County

BREWERY

Servaes Brewing Co. - Riverfront

After finding success in Shawnee, Servaes Brewing Co. expanded to Atchison in…

📍 Atchison, Atchison County

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