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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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BACK ROAD

100 Cow Hill Scenic Back Road

You need to try this rugged route just for the name alone!…

📍 Butler County

BAR AND GRILL

110 Bar & Grill

This friendly neighborhood bar and grill is the kind of place you’ll…

📍 Norton, Norton County

SHOP STOPS

156 Stop-N-Go

There is more than meets the eye inside this bright, inviting convenience…

📍 Burdett, Pawnee County

SURVEY MARKER

1856 Surveyor's Monument

The Initial Point for all land surveys in Kansas, Nebraska, much of…

📍 Mahaska, Washington County

HISTORY

1865 Peace Treaty

A bright state historical marker on the west side of Broadway summarizes…

📍 Park City, Sedgwick County

RESTAURANT

1866 Bar and Grill

Named for the year Tonganoxie was founded, the 1886 Bar and Grill…

📍 Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County

HISTORIC HOME

1872 Gernon House

Built by Russell's first blacksmith, Nicholas Gernon, this home is the town's…

📍 Russell, Russell County

ITALIAN

1872 Italian Eatery

Founded in 1872, Stockton lends its early history to the name of…

📍 Stockton, Rooks County

HISTORIC JAIL

1873 Jail

The oldest building in Ellsworth, the limestone jail is a shell of…

📍 Ellsworth, Ellsworth County

HISTORY

1874 Stockade

The four corners of the 1874 stockade, long since gone, are marked…

📍 Medicine Lodge, Barber County

LIBRARY

1883 Prescott School

The 1883 two-story red-brick Prescott School building, designed in the Italianate style,…

📍 Prescott, Linn County

HISTORIC WATER TOWER

1885 Frisco Wooden Water Tower

The last remaining Frisco wooden water tower of its kind in the…

📍 Beaumont, Butler County

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