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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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Rock Creations

You'll do a double take when you see these unusual rock creations,…

📍 Hanover, Washington County

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

Rock Creek School

This picturesque little red-brick rural schoolhouse educated students from 1910 to 1966.…

📍 Wellsville, Franklin County

MUSEUM

Rock Creek Valley Historical Society Museum

A collection of artifacts and documents interpret the story of the Oregon-California…

📍 Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County

FOLK ART

Rock Garden

Steve and Jane Fry uncovered and renovated a "secret" garden, an overgrown…

📍 Elk Falls, Elk County

CURIOSITY

Rock in the Road

If you're on Granite between Cynthia and Lucy, watch out! There's no…

📍 McLouth, Jefferson County

HISTORIC BRIDGE

Rock Island Bridge

Going west out of town you'll find yourself driving up a small…

📍 Alta Vista, Wabaunsee County

FOLK ART

Rock Sculpture

According to a local historian, an early settler made this one-of-a-kind pillar/sculpture…

📍 Bunker Hill, Russell County

GARDEN

Rock, Petrified Wood Garden

Is it a rock garden or a petrified wood garden? You decide.…

📍 Coats, Pratt County

CURIOSITY

Rocks On Posts

Frequently boots are seen on fence posts around the state, but the…

📍 Baldwin City, Douglas County

RECREATION

Rocky Ford Outdoor Recreation Area

Because of the natural flat rock bottom, pioneers and the military could…

📍 Manhattan, Riley County

SHOP STOPS

Rodger's Oil Company

Where do you go where everybody knows your name? Not the neighborhood…

📍 Gridley, Coffey County

MUSEUM

Roebke House Memorial

Fine collections of Victorian-era clothing and wedding gowns are on display inside…

📍 Holton, Jackson County

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