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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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PARK

Park Square

Baptiste Peoria gave this plot of land to the Paola Town Company…

📍 Paola, Miami County

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Parsons Carnegie Arts Center

The 1909 Carnegie library, now the Carnegie Arts Center, was built of…

📍 Parsons, Labette County

STATUE OF LIBERTY

Parsons Statue of Liberty

In 1950 the Boy Scout troop donated the replica Statue of Liberty…

📍 Parsons, Labette County

NATIVE AMERICAN

Peace Treaty Monument

Stone statues of a soldier and a Plains Indian commemorate the signing…

📍 Medicine Lodge, Barber County

HISTORY

Penokee Stone Man

The best place to unravel the mystery of the Penokee Man is…

📍 Hill City, Graham County

MURAL

People of Tonganoxie Outdoor Mural

In the same pocket park as the book mural artist Kelly Poling…

📍 Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County

MEMORIAL

Peter Pan Park

William Allen White (8 Wonders of Kansas People) and his wife, Sallie,…

📍 Emporia, Lyon County

COURTHOUSE

Phillips County Courthouse

Completed in 1913, this Modern Eclecticism limestone structure stands on the town…

📍 Phillipsburg, Phillips County

SCULPTURE

Pioneer Crossing Park

Enter the park's parking lot from the eastbound lane. Because this enjoyable…

📍 Shawnee, Johnson County

PETE FELTEN SCULPTURE

Pioneer Sculpture

Created in 1971 by Pete Felten, this four-member Pioneer Family 'resides' on…

📍 Oberlin, Decatur County

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Pittsburg Carnegie Library

Because library funds provided by Andrew Carnegie (who was anti-union) angered area…

📍 Pittsburg, Crawford County

PONY EXPRESS

Pony Express Home Station No. 1

For 18 months courageous young Pony Express riders carried the mail across…

📍 Marysville, Marshall County

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