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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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HISTORY

Salt Discovery Well

From Main, ¼ mile west on Des Moines. A historical marker tells…

📍 South Hutchinson, Reno County

CEMETERY

Salter Gravestone

From the cemetery's center entrance, follow the left fork to the north…

📍 Argonia, Sumner County

HISTORIC HOME(S)

Salter House Museum

In 1887 Susanna Madora Salter, a 27-year-old mother and a member of…

📍 Argonia, Sumner County

PARK

Santa Fe Depot and Railroad Park

The town was named for William Barstow Strong who was vice-president and…

📍 Strong City, Chase County

PARK

Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park

Home of the annual Lenexa Spinach Festival, this park hosts a lovely…

📍 Lenexa, Johnson County

HISTORIC HOME(S)

Schaeffler House

This Queen Anne home was built in 1909 by German Lutheran immigrants…

📍 Hillsboro, Marion County

VETERANS MEMORIAL

Scott County Veterans Plaza

An impressive landscaped plaza honors Scott County veterans and Gold Star Mothers.…

📍 Scott City, Scott County

ART

Sculpture Garden

The radiant sunflower sculpture by Pat Istas stands 12 feet tall and…

📍 McCracken, Rush County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS ARCHITECTURE

Seelye Mansion

In 1905 A.B. Seelye, famous patent medicine inventor, completed this grand 25-room…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

MUSEUM

Seelye Patent Medicine Museum

A.B. Seelye created more than 100 organic home remedies for humans, horses,…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

CEMETERY

Seneca City Cemetery

You'll be drawn to the unusual red-brick arched memorial that is the…

📍 Seneca, Nemaha County

HISTORIC HOME(S)

Seth Hays Home

Seth M. Hays, the great-grandson of Daniel Boone, was a trader, rancher,…

📍 Council Grove, Morris County

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