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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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MUSEUM

Coffeyville Aviation Heritage Museum

The museum is at home in a 1933 hangar built by the…

📍 Coffeyville, Montgomery County

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Coffeyville Carnegie Library

The brick and limestone Neo-classical Carnegie library was completed in 1912. It…

📍 Coffeyville, Montgomery County

CEMETERY

Coffeyville Elmwood Cemetery

The isolated graves of three of the five Dalton Gang members—Bob and…

📍 Coffeyville, Montgomery County

STATUE OF LIBERTY

Coffeyville Statue of Liberty

Find the mini-Liberty in front of Field Kindley High School. This is…

📍 Coffeyville, Montgomery County

HISTORIC HOME

Colonel H.C. and Susan Cross House

You almost can't tear your eyes away from this magnificent late-Victorian era…

📍 Emporia, Lyon County

HISTORIC THEATRE

Columbian Theatre, Museum & Art Center

Like many Kansans and those from around the world, Wamego resident J.C.…

📍 Wamego, Pottawatomie County

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Columbus Carnegie Library

The Ottawa architectural firm of George P. Washburn and Son designed the…

📍 Columbus, Cherokee County

PARK

Columbus City Park

The WPA built the 1930s stone structures, including the retaining wall and…

📍 Columbus, Cherokee County

MUSEUM

Columbus Museum

The ball of string you see here might be the second most…

📍 Columbus, Cherokee County

HISTORIC CHURCH

Colwich Sacred Heart Catholic Church

The 1906 brown-brick church with a tall double spire is clearly the…

📍 Colwich, Sedgwick County

MUSEUM

Comanche County Museum

One of the most interesting exhibits showcases the Comanche Cattle Pool. A…

📍 Coldwater, Comanche County

MILITARY

Combat Air Museum

The museum, inside an air force hangar, features a collection of more…

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

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