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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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BAND SHELL

WPA in the Park

City Park features several WPA projects including the art deco band shell…

📍 Belleville, Republic County

GEOGRAPHY

WPA Manter Dam

Consider your vehicle as the roads can be pretty rough. At your…

📍 Manter, Stanton County

CITY HALL

WPA Project

This beautifully maintained native limestone city hall was built by the WPA…

📍 Jennings, Decatur County

WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (WPA)

WPA School

The 1939 high and grade school is painted a stark white to…

📍 St. John, Stafford County

ART

Wren Sculpture

A giant wren sculpture sits at the triangular-shaped Huntoon Park. For five…

📍 Topeka, Shawnee County

DOUGHBOY STATUE

WWI Doughboy Statue

A plaque dedicates this statue to the "Axtell boys who served in…

📍 Axtell, Marshall County

WORLD WAR I

WWI Memorial Victory Arch

This elegant Beaux Arts style arch, dedicated in 1923, honors the men…

📍 St. Marys, Pottawatomie County

HISTORY

WWI Monument

An American doughboy statue stands atop this monument dedicated in 1919 "In…

📍 Wilson, Ellsworth County

DOUGHBOY STATUE

WWI Soldier Statue

A bronze charging doughboy, made famous by artist Ernest Moore Viquesney, was…

📍 Onaga, Pottawatomie County

MUSEUM

WWII German Prisoner of War Camp…

Inside the tin-clad former camp warehouse you'll learn about the 304 buildings…

📍 Concordia, Cloud County

VETERANS MEMORIAL

WWII Memorial

At the entrance to City Hall you'll see an unusual 1941 WWII…

📍 Elkhart, Morton County

MUSEUM

Wyandotte County Historical Museum

County history is told through a range of exhibits featuring such topics…

📍 Kansas City, Wyandotte County

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