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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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HISTORIC BUILDING

Abandoned Livery Stable

Plat maps show a native limestone structure at 1st and Otis that…

📍 Beverly, Lincoln County

ABANDONED REMAINS

Abandoned Rectory

look west to see two sets of four red-brick gate pillars, turn…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

RESTAURANT

ABC Cafe

The success at this Asian restaurant is as simple as ABC. A)…

📍 Overland Park, Johnson County

EXCURSION RIDE

Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad

Board the train at the 1887 Rock Island depot at Old Abilene…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

CEMETERY

Abilene Cemetery

David and Ida Eisenhower, C.W. Parker, A.B. Seelye, Alva Duckwall, 1870 marshal…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

MURAL

Abilene Murals and Cowboy Boots

Get to know Abilene by driving around to find the cowboy boots…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Abilene Public Library

The interior dome of this 1907 Carnegie library was refurbished to its…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

HISTORIC STRUCTURE

Abilene Stadium

At this 1938 WPA limestone stadium on June 6, 1952, General Dwight…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

HISTORIC DEPOT

Abilene Union Pacific Depot

The decorative detailing and red clay tile of this exquisite Spanish Colonial…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

PEOPLE

Abner Yates

In 1875 a debate ensued about the location of the county seat.…

📍 Yates Center, Woodson County

STATUE

Abraham Lincoln

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's speech in Leavenworth and the…

📍 Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

HISTORIC FARMSTEAD

Abram Click Farmstead

Park in the driveway and walk around this circa 1880s limestone Gothic…

📍 Beloit, Mitchell County

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