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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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CATTLE

Brookover Feed Yard

'Eat Beef, Keep Slim' is still proudly displayed on the grain elevators…

📍 Garden City, Finney County

MUSEUM

Brown County Agriculture Museum

42 fascinating windmills line a lane running south from the museum complex…

📍 Hiawatha, Brown County

MUSEUM

Brown County Historical Museum

Memorial Auditorium was built in the Classical Revival style in 1920 to…

📍 Hiawatha, Brown County

POOR FARM

Brown County Poor Farm

From Oregon, ¼ mile south on U.S. 36, 1¼ miles south on…

📍 Hiawatha, Brown County

HISTORIC BUILDING

Brown Hotel

After being widowed, Carrie Brown supported herself and her two young boys…

📍 Neodesha, Wilson County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS ARCHITECTURE FINALIST

Brown Mansion

See how the wealthy lived in the early 1900s by touring this…

📍 Coffeyville, Montgomery County

NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

Brown v. Board of Education National…

The story of the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of…

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

HISTORIC HOME

Brownstone Hall

Drive by this 23-room Victorian home built in 1883 for Colonel Napoleon…

📍 Concordia, Cloud County

MARSH ARCH RAINBOW BRIDGE

Brush Creek Bridge

From Military, 2 miles west on Route 66. Drive or walk over…

📍 Riverton, Cherokee County

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

Buck Creek School

Buck Creek School, a handsome native limestone schoolhouse, operated from 1878 to…

📍 Williamstown, Jefferson County

HISTORY

Bucklin Extras

Take a close look at the beautiful native rocks on the exterior…

📍 Bucklin, Ford County

SANTA FE TRAIL

Buffalo Bill Mathewson Well and Cow…

From U.S. 56, 1 mile south on 12. A simple, modern pavilion…

📍 Lyons, Rice County

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