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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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GEOGRAPHY

Teter Rock

Around the late 1870s James Teter piled rocks as a marker to…

📍 Teterville, Greenwood County

NATURAL LANDMARK

Teter Rock

This odd, man-made rock formation is in Greenwood County, but easier to…

📍 Cassoday, Butler County

AVIATION

Tetra What?

A tetra what? Look for the tetrahedron at the Garden City Regional…

📍 Garden City, Finney County

HISTORIC GAS STATION

Texaco Station

No longer operating, the little restored Texaco station creates a nostalgic memory…

📍 Weir, Cherokee County

RESTAURANT

Thai Arawan

How is Thai food different from Chinese? Stir-fried and deep-fried entrées, noodles,…

📍 Garden City, Finney County

RESTAURANT

Thai Arawan

Ask any local where to go for Thai food and this is…

📍 Garden City, Finney County

MUSEUM

Thayer City Museum

The community's history is kept safe in the former Thayer State Bank…

📍 Thayer, Neosho County

HISTORIC HOME(S)

The 1858 Garnett House Hotel

Garnett House was built in 1858, and additions were later made to…

📍 Garnett, Anderson County

TOWN STORY

The Appeal to Reason

When J.A. Wayland moved the socialist newspaper The Appeal to Reason to…

📍 Girard, Crawford County

BAKERY

The Bake Shoppe

Craving homemade bread and bakery treats but don't have time to make…

📍 Cimarron, Gray County

BAKERY

The Bake-Ary Donut Shop

The early birds come for wake-up smokies (smoked sausage wrapped and baked…

📍 Burlington, Coffey County

BAKERY

The Bakery House

Known for catering and custom cakes, pies, and cookies, this bakery also…

📍 Hutchinson, Reno County

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