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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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MURAL

Green Outdoor Mural

A colorful mural painted in 2022 featuring a Case combine covers the…

📍 Green, Clay County

GEOGRAPHY

Guard of the Plains Sculpture

Eastbound travelers can easily spot the tall abstract work created by James…

📍 Wabaunsee County

CURIOSITY

Gunfighters

Cowboys with red bandanas around their necks and guns in hand stand…

📍 Caldwell, Sumner County

MASCOT

Gus the Gorilla

Pittsburg State University is the only college in the nation to have…

📍 Pittsburg, Crawford County

ARCHITECTURE

Hale Library

Romanesque Revival architecture renders this library, dedicated in 1997, an impressive sight.…

📍 Manhattan, Riley County

MURAL

Haley Park

Take time to enjoy the historic murals and gazebo. Two of the…

📍 Ottawa, Franklin County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS ART FINALIST

Halstead Post Office Art

Where Kit Carson Camped is the title of this 1941 Section artwork…

📍 Halstead, Harvey County

MURAL

Harper Outdoor Murals

Mike Fallier painted the mural at 916 Central, which depicts a train…

📍 Harper, Harper County

MURAL

Haven Outdoor Mural

In 2001 Marty Hoskinson of Haven Sign Company created the colorful and…

📍 Haven, Reno County

CEMETERY

Hays Boot Hill Cemetery

The first Kansas cemetery called Boot Hill is in Hays. It is…

📍 Hays, Ellis County

HISTORICAL MARKER

Hays Historic Marker & Lady Liberty

North of the library, a marker relates the importance of the Walker…

📍 Hays, Ellis County

HISTORIC BUILDING

Heaton Building

Inside this renovated 1906 building, notice the historic light fixtures that combine…

📍 Norton, Norton County

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