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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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PEOPLE

Earl W. Sutherland Jr.

Burlingame native Earl Sutherland won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

📍 Burlingame, Osage County

HISTORIC CHURCH

Earliest Lutheran Congregation

A sign at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 701 Frazier, states that St.…

📍 Valley Falls, Jefferson County

COURTHOUSE

Early Courthouse

Originally built in the 1870s as the county courthouse, its use as…

📍 Harper, Harper County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS HISTORY

Early Dodge City History

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado came through the area in 1541, Zebulon Pike…

📍 Dodge City, Ford County

CURIOSITY

Eastborough

Started in 1937 when it was one mile east of the Wichita…

📍 Eastborough, Sedgwick County

HISTORIC CHURCH

Ebenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church

This three-story wooden structure is home to what is thought to be…

📍 Hillsboro, Marion County

CEMETERY

Edgar Miller Grave

The story is that in 1864, during a summer of unrest on…

📍 Canton, McPherson County

MUSEUM

Edgerton Community Museum

Since 2013 the history of Edgerton has been housed in a small…

📍 Edgerton, Johnson County

SANTA FE TRAIL

Edgerton Santa Fe Trail Marker

The famous trail is marked by an engraved red granite boulder placed…

📍 Edgerton, Johnson County

MUSEUM

Edwards County Museum and Sod House

Featured is an enlarged 1939 Saturday Evening Post cover depicting two cars…

📍 Kinsley, Edwards County

HISTORIC HOME

Edwards House

Originally built as a private residence in 1876, the brick Edwards House…

📍 Oswego, Labette County

HISTORIC HOME

Edwin Smith House

This pink stucco home makes you wonder if an architect from Miami's…

📍 Wellington, Sumner County

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