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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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Big Eleven Lake & Charlie Parker…

In the 1930s the WPA added the beautiful rock work to the…

📍 Kansas City, Wyandotte County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS ART

Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery

Birger Sandzén’s bold brushwork and vibrant colors dominate the wall-sized canvases featured…

📍 Lindsborg, McPherson County

TOWNSITE

Birthplace of Holton

A bronze plaque mounted on a glacial stone states that this spot…

📍 Holton, Jackson County

RESTAURANT

Black Bison Pub

Native son Matt Gould moved home after serving in the military, and…

📍 Syracuse, Hamilton County

HISTORY

Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park

In this wooded area the Battle of Black Jack occurred on June…

📍 Baldwin City, Douglas County

FOLK LORE

Blue Light Lady

Elizabeth Polly died from cholera in 1867 while helping ailing soldiers in…

📍 Hays, Ellis County

NATIVE AMERICAN

Bluejacket Sculpture

Charles Goslin created the larger-than-life sculpture of Shawnee Chief Charles Bluejacket reading…

📍 Shawnee, Johnson County

PEOPLE

Bob Dole

Born in Russell in 1923, Dole served from 1968 to 1996 in…

📍 Russell, Russell County

CZECH

Bohemian National Cemetery

This well-tended cemetery in a pastoral setting is filled with granite markers,…

📍 Timken, Rush County

PEOPLE

Boone Statue

The large bronze of Dr. William Boone (1860-1936), physician, community leader, educator,…

📍 Highland, Doniphan County

PEOPLE

Boston Corbett Dugout Site

Boston Corbett, the man who allegedly shot John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin,…

📍 Cloud County

ART

Bowl Plaza

Mosaics of colorful tiles and glass, toy cars, dominoes, badges, wine corks,…

📍 Lucas, Russell County

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