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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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CURIOSITY

Cyclone Day Memorial

Believe it or not, Codell garnered "Ripley's Believe It or Not" fame…

📍 Codell, Rooks County

HERITAGE

Czech Capital of Kansas

Immigrants from Czechoslovakia began settling here in 1874, and 100 years later…

📍 Wilson, Ellsworth County

MURAL

Czech Heritage Mural

In a 2011 mural (restored in 2021) covering the entire wall south…

📍 Lucas, Russell County

MUSEUM

Czech Memorial Museum

A former Methodist church and the Royal Neighbors of America building are…

📍 Jennings, Decatur County

CZECH

Czech Us Out

So says the town's entrance sign! The chairs are a nod to…

📍 Cuba, Republic County

PEOPLE

D.R. Anthony (1824-1904)

Newspaper editor and Susan B. Anthony's brother, D.R. Anthony is buried east…

📍 Lansing, Leavenworth County

HISTORY

Dalton Death Alley

Just north of the newer Condon Bank. An audio recording relates the…

📍 Coffeyville, Montgomery County

MUSEUM

Dalton Defenders Museum

The feature display centers on the Dalton Gang robberies and honors the…

📍 Coffeyville, Montgomery County

GRAIN ELEVATOR

Dalton Elevator

The tall concrete elevator was built in 1915 by William Dalton. Adjacent,…

📍 St. George, Pottawatomie County

MUSEUM

Dalton Gang Hideout and Museum

The Dalton Gang brothers used the home of their sister, Eva Whipple,…

📍 Meade, Meade County

HISTORY

Dalton Gang Robberies

October 5, 1892, was a tragic day in Coffeyville. That morning the…

📍 Coffeyville, Montgomery County

CEMETERY

Danish Cemetery

A front-and-center gravestone announces that you're at a Danish Cemetery, and family…

📍 Melvern, Osage County

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