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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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GARDEN

Rock, Petrified Wood Garden

Is it a rock garden or a petrified wood garden? You decide.…

📍 Coats, Pratt County

CURIOSITY

Rocks On Posts

Frequently boots are seen on fence posts around the state, but the…

📍 Baldwin City, Douglas County

MURAL

Rolla Mural

The beautiful outdoor mural, south of the Rolla Senior Center, is by…

📍 Rolla, Morton County

COURTHOUSE

Rooks County Courthouse

Completed in 1924, this Modern Eclecticism building has a beautiful third-floor courtroom.…

📍 Stockton, Rooks County

MUSEUM

Rooks County Historical Museum

  A Pete Felten limestone sculpture of a draft horse marks this…

📍 Stockton, Rooks County

ARCHITECTURE

Roosevelt-Lincoln Junior High School

On this property occupying almost a full city block, Lincoln School, on…

📍 Salina, Saline County

BARN

Round Barn

Finding round barns is a source of great pleasure for barnies, and…

📍 Burlington, Coffey County

CUSTOMS

Round Square

Blue Rapids holds the distinction of having the only round town square…

📍 Blue Rapids, Marshall County

MEMORIAL

Rubeti Memorial

The brick wall bearing the Highland College name stands as a memorial…

📍 Highland, Doniphan County

PEOPLE

Rudolph Wendelin

In the early 1940s the U.S. Forest Service asked Rudolph Wendelin to…

📍 Ludell, Rawlins County

MURAL

Russell Outdoor Mural

Located in Cecil Bricker Park, artist Rick Rupp incorporated 35 black-and-white images…

📍 Russell, Russell County

SECTION ART

Russell Post Office Mural

"Wheat Workers" is the title of this 1940 Section artwork by Martyl…

📍 Russell, Russell County

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