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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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CUSTOMS

1889 School Bell

At 2nd and Walnut, the original school bell rests prominently on a…

📍 Medicine Lodge, Barber County

HISTORIC JAIL

1899 Limestone Jail

Long after J.C. Holland designed the Kansas State Capitol, he was the…

📍 Mankato, Jewell County

HISTORIC JAIL

1902 Limestone Jail

Look in on the 1902 limestone jail.

📍 Lucas, Russell County

HISTORIC JAIL

1910 Jail

It just might be the fanciest historic jailhouse in Kansas. Constructed in…

📍 Ellsworth, Ellsworth County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS HISTORY

1930s Dust Bowl to Gas Exploration

The Historic Adobe Museum’s display of the 1930s, from Dust Bowl to…

📍 Ulysses, Grant County

HISTORIC HOME

1950s All-Electric House

Why would electrical outlets be placed waist high? So high-heeled home- makers…

📍 Overland Park, Johnson County

TORNADO MEMORIAL

1958 Tornado Victims' Memorial

Placed in the same path as the tornado that took 13 lives…

📍 El Dorado, Butler County

HIKING

1st Family Overwatch

Enjoy beautiful views from 1st Family Overwatch, a peaceful lookout and the…

📍 Fort Riley, Geary County

BREWERY

23rd Street Brewery

Small batch beers brewed in a 15-barrel system result in fresh beers…

📍 Lawrence, Douglas County

ART GALLERY

2nd Avenue Art Guild

The works of determined and passionate local artists are exhibited and for…

📍 Dodge City, Ford County

ANTIQUES

318 Mercantile

A stop-you-in-your-tracks kind of shop filled with antiques, vintage finds, architectural salvage…

📍 Council Grove, Morris County

RESTAURANT

4 Corners Steakhouse & Lounge

If the 'Duke' were alive he'd enjoy sauntering in to see all…

📍 Scranton, Osage County

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