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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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PARK

Wading Pools

Tots love splashing around in the town's two old-fashioned wading pools'in Zerger…

📍 Pratt, Pratt County

NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK

Wagon Bed Spring

Wagon Bed Spring, also called Lower Cimarron Spring (NRHP), was an oasis…

📍 Grant County

SANTA FE TRAIL

Wagon Ruts

Most visible in the spring are the Santa Fe Trail wagon ruts…

📍 Dodge City, Ford County

RESTAURANT

Wagon Wheel Cafe and Bakery

Made-from-scratch breads, buns, cinnamon rolls, and pies; delicious biscuits and gravy and…

📍 Hickok, Grant County

MUSEUM

Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum

From E. 596, 1 ¼ miles east on N. 1190. The museum…

📍 Clinton, Douglas County

CITY HALL

WaKeeney City Hall

With assistance from the WPA, the city built the limestone art deco…

📍 WaKeeney, Trego County

MUSEUM

Wakefield Museum

Learn more about the glebe here, see an exhibit on former governor…

📍 Wakefield, Clay County

LIBRARY

Wakefield Public Library

Inside this 24ᕁ40-foot limestone building constructed by the WPA in 1937 you'll…

📍 Wakefield, Clay County

HISTORIC GAS STATION

Waldo Filling Station

You'll see an old wooden filling station that dates to the 1930s.…

📍 Waldo, Russell County

AVIATION

Walker Army Airfield

One of the nation's first B-29 Superfortress bomber training air bases, the…

📍 Walker, Ellis County

ART GALLERY

Walker Art Gallery

During the 1930s and 1940s Maynard Walker was a primary promoter of…

📍 Garnett, Anderson County

DRIVING TOURS

Walking or Driving Tour

An architectural and historical tour brochure leads you to 24 sites, including…

📍 Logan, Phillips County

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