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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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KANSAS SCENIC BYWAY

Frontier Military Historic Byway

From Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, through Fort Scott, and north to Fort Leavenworth,…

📍 Fort Scott, Bourbon County

KANSAS SCENIC BYWAY

Frontier Military Scenic Byway

From Fort Leavenworth, follow K-5 south along the Missouri River. Fort Leavenworth…

📍 Leavenworth County

STATUE OF LIBERTY

Statue of Liberty

A Statue of Liberty replica, erected by the Boy Scouts in the…

📍 Gaylord, Smith County

WATERFALL

Geary State Fishing Lake Waterfalls

Keith Stokes, Kansas Explorer #4392, says that after a rain the 35-foot…

📍 Geary County

GEOGRAPHY

Geodetic Center Marker

The historical marker at this roadside park explains that a site near…

📍 Osborne, Osborne County

GEOGRAPHY

Geographic Center of the United States

Get centered at the geographic center of the 48 contiguous states. In…

📍 Lebanon, Smith County

KANSAS SCENIC BYWAY

Glacial Hills Scenic Byway Atchison County

Running from the Kansas-Nebraska line to the K-7 and K-92 junction in…

📍 Atchison County

KANSAS SCENIC BYWAY

Glacial Hills Scenic Byway Doniphan County

From the Kansas-Nebraska line in Doniphan County to the intersection of K-7…

📍 Doniphan County

KANSAS SCENIC BYWAY

Glacial Hills Scenic Byway Leavenworth County

From the Kansas-Nebraska line to the K-7 and K-92 junction in Leavenworth,…

📍 Leavenworth County

CURIOSITY

Google Earth

If you stand at Main and Lincoln, you'll see a large Google…

📍 Chanute, Neosho County

BACK ROAD

Gove to Monument Rocks Scenic Back…

High Plains vegetation, shortgrass prairie, and small chalk formations are a pleasing…

📍 Gove County

HISTORY

Great Bend Name

The town was founded at a great bend in the Arkansas River.…

📍 Great Bend, Barton County

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