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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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BASEBALL

Historic Baseball Game

Metal silhouettes of baseball players flank a sign that recounts the story…

📍 Blue Rapids, Marshall County

MEMORIAL

Historic Cenotaph

A cenotaph (an empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of…

📍 Bazine, Ness County

HISTORIC FARMSTEAD

Historic Ensor Park and Museum

The home of Marshall Ensor, an Olathe teacher and pioneer in amateur…

📍 Olathe, Johnson County

AGRICULTURE

Historic Gleaner

Why is an old but shined up Gleaner resting on the corner?…

📍 Nickerson, Reno County

MURAL

Historic Mural

A colorful 2012 mural featuring the Mitchell memorial, a storied tree, and…

📍 Perry, Jefferson County

AFRICAN AMERICAN

Historic Ritchie House

Topeka's oldest standing house was built in 1856 by ardent abolitionist John…

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

ARCHITECTURE

Historic Topeka Cemetery

The hillside mausoleums and the 1895 Civil War memorial are impressive landmarks…

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

ARCHITECTURE

Historical Driving Tour

Girard's history awaits you on this tour, which includes the 1887 home…

📍 Girard, Crawford County

CURIOSITY

Hoglund Dugout

We doubt you'd like to live and raise your family in a…

📍 Lindsborg, McPherson County

CEMETERY

Hollenberg Memorial

Gerat Hollenberg died and was buried at sea during an 1874 voyage…

📍 Hanover, Washington County

LOG CABIN

Holm Cabin and Mural

The log cabin was built in 1876 by Swedish emigrants using oak…

📍 Blue Rapids, Marshall County

PEOPLE

Home of General Bernard Rogers

A sign on the west side of town announces that Fairview was…

📍 Fairview, Brown County

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