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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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CEMETERY

Sterling Cemetery

In Sterling Cemetery the black-faced granite Haran gravestone pays a touching tribute…

📍 Sterling, Rice County

HISTORY

Stockade Museum

The original 1874 stockade once stood in present downtown and purportedly covered…

📍 Medicine Lodge, Barber County

HISTORICAL MARKER(S)

Stockwell Farm

The Stockwell farm is the birthplace of farm credit. A historical marker…

📍 Larned, Pawnee County

SCULPTURE

Stone Buffalo Sculpture

This 50-ton, 23x15-foot behemoth can't hide! Made of concrete, rocks, and stones,…

📍 Wells, Ottawa County

ART

Stone Gallery

Famous stone sculptor Pete Felten lived and worked at the studio and…

📍 Hays, Ellis County

ART STUDIO

Stone Street Arts

Chet Cale is a professional sculptor working with stone, bronze, clay, and…

📍 Great Bend, Barton County

HISTORY

Stony Lonesome School

On the west side of the road, partially hidden by trees and…

📍 Humboldt, Allen County

CURIOSITY

Street Names Bird City

In 1886 Benjamin Bird formed a company to establish a townsite. Streets…

📍 Bird City, Cheyenne County

CEMETERY

Sunset Cemetery

Along the shaded lanes you'll find a section of white crosses placed…

📍 Manhattan, Riley County

CEMETERY

Swedish Mission Cemetery

In the small Swedish Mission Cemetery is a steeple from the Swedish…

📍 Burdick, Morris County

PEOPLE

Swiss Heritage

Swiss settlers came to this area in 1888 and named their community…

📍 Bern, Nemaha County

MURAL(S)

T.E. Scott

Tescott is named for 1865 settler T.E. Scott, and a mural in…

📍 Tescott, Ottawa County

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