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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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HISTORIC DISTRICT

Downtown Wellington Historic District

When an 1881 fire and an 1892 tornado destroyed downtown buildings, community…

📍 Wellington, Sumner County

MURAL

Drayman Outdoor Mural

In 1980 Steve Murill painted an early-1920s depiction of Bill Ridgeway, the…

📍 Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County

HISTORY

Duncan's Crossing

Markers near the Hodgeman and Ness county line note Duncan's Crossing, a…

📍 Hodgeman County

CEMETERY

Dunlap Cemeteries

Because of its black population, Dunlap created two cemeteries. From Broadway, the…

📍 Dunlap, Morris County

ARCHITECTURE

Durham Mystery Building

It's an attractive building, this narrow structure with tile exterior (looks like…

📍 Durham, Marion County

DUTCH MILL

Dutch Mill

The 40-foot-tall Schonhoff Mill with a base diameter of 25 feet was…

📍 Wamego, Pottawatomie County

VETERANS MEMORIAL

Duty Called

Sculpted by Charlie and Carson Norton, this beautifully detailed, larger-than-life bronze portrays…

📍 Wamego, Pottawatomie County

MEMORIAL

Duty Statue

The 2003 sculpture by James Nathan Muir pays tribute to all cavalrymen…

📍 Fort Riley, Geary County

HISTORIC STRUCTURE

Dwight Eisenhower VA Medical Center Campus

Drive slowly through the campus to view the many elegant structures originally…

📍 Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

PEOPLE

Dying Protest

When Nathaniel Grigsby, childhood friend of Abraham Lincoln and a Union veteran,…

📍 Attica, Harper County

AFRICAN AMERICAN

E. J. Alexander

For almost 30 years E.J. Alexander drove his team of white horses…

📍 Emporia, Lyon County

PEOPLE

E.E. Frizell

In 1902 E.E. Frizell purchased Fort Larned and developed it into a…

📍 Larned, Pawnee County

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