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HISTORIC THEATRE

Barron Theater

Built in 1930, the art deco Barron Theater features an elaborate facade…

📍 Pratt, Pratt County

ARBORETUM

Bartlett Arboretum

Dr. Walter Bartlett started the arboretum in 1910, and it was open…

📍 Belle Plaine, Sumner County

MUSEUM

Barton County Historical Museum

The museum complex includes a schoolhouse, depot, post office, Waupun windmill, 1873…

📍 Great Bend, Barton County

HISTORY

Barton County Poor Farm Home

Few poor farm buildings have survived, but the former Barton County Poor…

📍 Great Bend, Barton County

ART

Bas-Relief Sculpture

(On the former Citizen's State Bank). This bas-relief mural by Jack Curran…

📍 Morland, Graham County

MUSEUM

Basehor Historical Museum

The town and the museum are named for brothers Ephraim and Reuben…

📍 Basehor, Leavenworth County

HISTORY

Bassett History

Bassett was founded as a company town, created in 1903 by the…

📍 Bassett, Allen County

LOG CABIN

Battle of Baxter Springs

Also known as the Baxter Springs Massacre, on October 6, 1863, William…

📍 Baxter Springs, Cherokee County

HISTORICAL MARKER

Battle of Coon Creek

On the south side of the highway, a historic marker captures the…

📍 Edwards County

HISTORICAL MARKER

Battle of Hickory Point Historical Marker

The story of an 1856 skirmish between proslavery forces and a free-state…

📍 Winchester, Jefferson County

NATIVE AMERICAN

Battle of Punished Woman's Fork

In this area Northern Cheyennes clashed with U.S. Army soldiers while attempting…

📍 Scott City, Scott County

HISTORICAL MARKER

Battle of the Spurs Historical Marker

From 4th in Holton, 7½ miles north on U.S. 75 to 286.…

📍 Holton, Jackson County

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