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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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SURVEY MARKER

1856 Surveyor's Monument

The Initial Point for all land surveys in Kansas, Nebraska, much of…

📍 Mahaska, Washington County

HISTORY

1865 Peace Treaty

A bright state historical marker on the west side of Broadway summarizes…

📍 Park City, Sedgwick County

HISTORIC JAIL

1873 Jail

The oldest building in Ellsworth, the limestone jail is a shell of…

📍 Ellsworth, Ellsworth County

HISTORY

1874 Stockade

The four corners of the 1874 stockade, long since gone, are marked…

📍 Medicine Lodge, Barber County

HISTORIC WATER TOWER

1885 Frisco Wooden Water Tower

The last remaining Frisco wooden water tower of its kind in the…

📍 Beaumont, Butler County

CUSTOMS

1889 School Bell

At 2nd and Walnut, the original school bell rests prominently on a…

📍 Medicine Lodge, Barber County

HISTORIC JAIL

1899 Limestone Jail

Long after J.C. Holland designed the Kansas State Capitol, he was the…

📍 Mankato, Jewell County

HISTORIC JAIL

1902 Limestone Jail

Look in on the 1902 limestone jail.

📍 Lucas, Russell County

HISTORIC JAIL

1910 Jail

It just might be the fanciest historic jailhouse in Kansas. Constructed in…

📍 Ellsworth, Ellsworth County

HISTORIC HOME

1950s All-Electric House

Why would electrical outlets be placed waist high? So high-heeled home- makers…

📍 Overland Park, Johnson County

SURVEY MARKER

40th Parallel Marker

Stop here to read the historical marker that relates the story of…

📍 White Cloud, Doniphan County

ARTS CENTER

5.4.7 Arts Center

This ultra-modern community arts center is committed to presenting regularly changing fine…

📍 Greensburg, Kiowa County

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