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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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HISTORIC CHURCH

St. Aloysius Historic Site

The story of this historic site is an amazing one, beginning with…

📍 Greenbush, Crawford County

CEMETERY

St. Anthony Cemetery

Artworks abound here in the form of elaborate iron cross grave markers…

📍 Schoenchen, Ellis County

HISTORIC CHURCH

St. Antonius Kirche

The name of this splendid and historic limestone church is written in…

📍 Schoenchen, Ellis County

HISTORIC CHURCH

St. Bede's Church

A single spire acts as a magnet drawing you to St. Bede's…

📍 Kelly, Nemaha County

HISTORIC CHURCH

St. Benedict's Abbey

Benedictine monks established this abbey in the late 1850s, and about 32…

📍 Atchison, Atchison County

HISTORIC CHURCH

St. Boniface Catholic Church

Head for the steeple! Carmelite priests have served this German Catholic parish…

📍 Garnett, Anderson County

HISTORIC CHURCH

St. Bridget Catholic Church

This handsome red-brick church stands proudly (although with no steeple) on the…

📍 Axtell, Marshall County

HISTORIC CHURCH

St. Catherine Church

Dedicated in 1892, the native limestone church was constructed mainly by parishioners.…

📍 Catharine, Ellis County

HISTORIC CHURCH

St. Columbkille Church

The tall steeple of the lovely St. Columbkille Church leads you to…

📍 Blaine, Pottawatomie County

CEMETERY

St. Fidelis Cemetery

You'll find German inscriptions on the gravestones and on many iron crosses—the…

📍 Victoria, Ellis County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS OVERALL

St. Fidelis Church

You can't miss the twin bell towers of St. Fidelis rising majestically…

📍 Victoria, Ellis County

CEMETERY

St. Francis Cemetery

North of the north driveway are the graves of Jesuit Fathers Schoenmakers…

📍 St. Paul, Neosho County

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