Roughly parallelling the sandy river bed of the Big Blue River, E.…
📍 Blue Rapids, Marshall County
Perils were common on the Oregon Trail, and in 1849 tragedy struck…
📍 Belvue, Pottawatomie County
The first floor of this 1893 Victorian home is decorated in period…
📍 Gardner, Johnson County
Located across from Uniontown Cemetery, the 83-acre site of diverse ecosystems offers…
📍 Willard, Shawnee County
Hiawatha, settled in 1857, is named for the American Indian in Longfellow's…
📍 Hiawatha, Brown County
Eight historic trails crossed Marshall County (Oregon Trail, Overland Trail, Pony Express…
📍 Marysville, Marshall County
The Oregon-California and the Santa Fe Trails divided at this point as…
📍 Gardner, Johnson County
Beginning in 1821 travelers on the Santa Fe Trail, and later on…
📍 Olathe, Johnson County
The cemetery's namesake was a Potawatomi leader who operated a nearby ferry…
📍 Belvue, Pottawatomie County
Anthony Ward's family established a homestead and an Oregon Trail stop here…
📍 Topeka, Shawnee County
The wagon ruts date to the fort's earliest days when fur traders…
📍 Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County
The bronze medallion of a Conestoga wagon pulled by oxen and led…
📍 Lawrence, Douglas County
Kids will flip, literally, when they enter this playland of...
When you're the Ornate Box Turtle Capital of the World,...
This 1939 Texaco station has been restored by owner Aaron...
Earl's Coffee exists because a community refused to let its...
