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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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LATIN AMERICAN

Central Cup Coffee House

This welcoming café reflects its owners' Latin heritage in both its drinks…

📍 Garden City, Finney County

CUSTOMS

Chetopa Catfish Capital of Kansas

Record numbers of catfish are caught on the Neosho River throughout the…

📍 Chetopa, Labette County

THEATRE

Chief Theatre

A restored neon marquee in red and blue enhances the tan brick…

📍 Coldwater, Comanche County

CHRISTMAS

Christmas City of the High Plains

WaKeeney is known as the 'Christmas City of the High Plains.' Since…

📍 WaKeeney, Trego County

HISTORY

Circleville Cemetery Hitching Rails

The historic hitching rails standing on either side of the cemetery entrance…

📍 Circleville, Jackson County

NOTABLE TREES

City of Beautiful Maples

In 1918, when T.H. Korthanke and his wife moved to their home…

📍 Hiawatha, Brown County

ARCHITECTURE

City of Native Stone

The many historic Cottonwood Limestone buildings have earned Alma the designation City…

📍 Alma, Wabaunsee County

CUSTOMS

City of Swans

Images of the graceful white bird adorn the town. Statues sit at…

📍 La Cygne, Linn County

PARK

City Park

You'll see abandoned buildings in this town but there's more to the…

📍 Dorrance, Russell County

SODA FOUNTAIN

City Sundries

A step through the recessed entrance is a step back in time.…

📍 Marquette, McPherson County

GOLF

Coldwater Country Club Golf Course

It's not every golf course that has 10 holes, but this one…

📍 Coldwater, Comanche County

COURTHOUSE GROUNDS

Columbus Courthouse Square

Iron cutouts of Columbus' ship the Santa Maria are docked on the…

📍 Columbus, Cherokee County

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