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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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PEOPLE

George Washington Carver Marker

Minneapolis is one of the boyhood homes of famous black agricultural scientist…

📍 Minneapolis, Ottawa County

LOG CABIN

Gerth Cabin

Valentin Gerth, purportedly the first white settler in Anderson County, built this…

📍 Greeley, Anderson County

HISTORIC HOME

Gilmore Home

To the north of the Flack home is a wood-frame Folk Victorian…

📍 Fredonia, Wilson County

CEMETERY

Glasco Cemetery

From the east end of Main, ½ mile south on Cemetery, and…

📍 Glasco, Cloud County

SCULPTURE

Glen Lojka Sculpture

Standing in front of Cuba City Hall, this 8,000-pound limestone sculpture was…

📍 Cuba, Republic County

SHOP STOPS

Glenda's Downtown

Eventually Glenda Trecek purchased every building in this one-block downtown and renovated…

📍 Agenda, Republic County

CEMETERY

Gnadenau (Grace Meadow) Cemetery

This is the burial ground for the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren, a group…

📍 Hillsboro, Marion County

CEMETERY

Goodland Cemetery

Southeast of the chapel, six stones, each inscribed 'Unknown U.S. Soldier,' form…

📍 Goodland, Sherman County

STATE HISTORIC SITE

Goodnow House State Historic Site

Pioneer educator Isaac Goodnow and his wife, Ellen, built this limestone farmhouse…

📍 Manhattan, Riley County

CEMETERY

Gordon Parks Gravestone

Look for a black vertical stone in the cemetery's north end (section…

📍 Fort Scott, Bourbon County

MUSEUM

Gordon Parks Museum

Gordon Parks, born in Fort Scott in 1912, was a pioneer for…

📍 Fort Scott, Bourbon County

CURIOSITY

Governor's Bell

While serving as Kansas governor for only 69 days from November 4,…

📍 Green, Clay County

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