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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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RAILROAD

Depot Baggage Room

This tan stucco building is the only remnant of the town's Harvey…

📍 Syracuse, Hamilton County

THEATRE

Depot Theater Company

Inside the historic Santa Fe depot, this long-running attraction offers state-of-the-art dinner…

📍 Dodge City, Ford County

MUSEUM

Derby Historical Museum

The local museum is at home in an old 1923 schoolhouse. Among…

📍 Derby, Sedgwick County

GEOGRAPHY

Devil's Gap

Look for the red-disk marker. On New Year's Day 1865 American Indian…

📍 Cheyenne County

MARSH ARCH RAINBOW BRIDGE

Dewlen-Spohnhauer Bridge

You'll find the four-arch Verdigris River rainbow bridge, designed by J.B. Marsh,…

📍 Independence, Montgomery County

NATIVE AMERICAN

Dexter Black Dog Trail Campsite Marker

Beginning in 1803 Chief Black Dog and his Osage tribe traveled through…

📍 Dexter, Cowley County

MURAL

Dexter Historical Outdoor Mural

A local stone arch bridge, a champion harness horse for whom the…

📍 Dexter, Cowley County

BARN

Dexter Stone Barn

In 2011 artist Kelly Unrein painted the faces of four Kansas legends…

📍 Dexter, Cowley County

ARCHITECTURE

Dick Building

This looming Italianate building is a historic anchor and icon on this…

📍 Ellinwood, Barton County

LOG CABIN

Dietrich Cabin

The historic Dietrich Cabin was originally built in 1859 and was moved…

📍 Ottawa, Franklin County

HISTORIC OPERA HOUSE

Dighton Opera House

It takes a bit of viewing this building from the front, sides,…

📍 Dighton, Lane County

GROCERY

Dillons Grocery Store

Future grocery store magnate John S. Dillon started his business in Sterling…

📍 Sterling, Rice County

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