Kansas, all 150 years of her, has led a colorful life. One of the best ways to "get her" is to go out and visit every county. If, today, I could be at one place in each county, here's where I would choose:
(random order)
Greenwood County: Teter Rock at Teterville
Riley County: Bala Stone Bridge and park
Clark County: St. Jacob's Well in Big Basin Prairie Preserve
Morton County: Point of Rocks
Barton County: Pawnee Rock lookout
McPherson County: Observation tower at Maxwell Wildlife Refuge
Pottawatomie County: Overlook at the Vermillion Creek Tributary stone arch bridge
Jefferson County: On top of the rock in the middle of the road in McLouth
Wallace County: Mount Sunflower
Smith County: Statue of Liberty replica between Gaylord and Harlan
Osborne County: The B-24 Bomber Memorial many miles southwest of Osborne
Cowley County: Inspiration Point at Camp Horizon near Arkansas City
Seward County: Mighty Samson of the Cimarron between Liberal and Kismet
Leavenworth: Steps Abraham Lincoln spoke from (now in front of the Carroll Mansion,
Leavenworth
Meade County: Widest main street in the U.S. in Plains
Hodgeman County: Markers for Duncan's Crossing at the Hodgeman-Ness County line
Wabaunsee County: Mount Mitchell
Linn County: Marais des Cygne Massacre site
Harper County: Harper County Courthouse in Anthony
Rawlins County: Beaver Creek scenic drive past the Dewey Ranch
Doniphan County: Civil War monument in Bellemont Cemetery north of Wathena
Kearny County: Santa Fe Trail displays inside the Kearny County Museum in Lakin
Nemaha County: Inside St. Mary's Church at St. Benedict
Rooks County: Rock benches at a park in Plainville at Mill and Broadway
Elk County: 1893 iron trestle bridge at Elk Falls
Dickinson County: Eisenhower statue
Russell County: Paradise watertower
Scott County: Hilltop Steele Monument across the the Steele Homestead in Lake Scott
State Park
Finney County: Anywhere inside the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City
Lincoln County: Denmark
Republic County: K-148 drive from Scandia to Norway
Ottawa County: Pike's Monument southwest of Delphos
Rice County: Ralph's Ruts near Chase
Sheridan County: Largest cottonwood in the state near Studley
Montgomery County: Frank Bellamy's gravestone at Cherryvale (he wrote the words to the Pledge of Allegiance)
Stanton County: WPA Manter Dam near Manter
Barber County: Flower Pot Mound on Gyp Hills scenic drive
Anderson County: Prairie Spirit Trail
Douglas County: Arch at Haskell Indian Nations University
Ford County: Santa Fe Trail lookout near Howell
Gray County: Wind farm kiosk near Montezuma
Wilson County: South Mound lookout
Chautauqua County: Historic Chautauqua Springs in Chautauqua
Gove County: Sitting on top of one of the Monument Rocks at sunset
Kingman County: Kingman County State Fishing Lake or the banks of the Ninnescah
Grant: Wagon Bed Springs
Hamilton County: A seat in the livestock sale barn
Labette County: Antietam Circle in the Historic Oakwood Cemetery in Parsons
Bourbon County: Fort Scott National Cemetery
Ellsworth County: On top of one of the Mushroom Rocks
Jewell County: White Rock Creek drive north from Formoso
Stevens County: Stevens County Gas and Historical Museum in Hugoton
Trego: Along the bluffs of Cedar Bluff State Park
Shawnee County: State capitol in front of a John Steuart Curry mural
Coffey County: At the top of the observational silo at Wolf Creek Environmental Education Area
Allen County: Walter Johnson's birth site marker in a field
Harvey County: Swinging bridge at Harvey County Park West
Rush County: Near the sunflower sculptures beside the museum in McCracken
Phillips County: Kirwin town square
Clay County: Stone buffalo close to Longford
Mitchell County: Tipton
Graham County: Green rock quarry
Haskell County: In the flattest county in the state, I'd search for aa backroad sandwiched
between farmland that goes on forever and ever.
Marshall County: Pony Express Rider and Horse statue in Marysville
Norton County: Gallery of Also Rans in Norton
Washington County: 1856 Surveyor's Monument near Mahaska
Miami County: Gazebo in the Paola Park Square
Lyon County: By the bust of William Allen White at the south edge of the lake in Peter Pan Park,
Emporia
Cloud County: Stone bridge at Rice
Pratt County: B-29 All Veterans Memorial 3 miles north of Pratt
Ellis County: Pfeifer's Holy Cross Shrine church
Franklin County: Franklin County Courthouse in Ottawa
Lane County: Frigid Creme
Reno County: 650 feet under in the Kansas Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson
Stafford County: Triple-decker Victorian fountain in the St. John square
Jackson County: Roller coaster hill south of Soldier
Ness County: George Washington Carver's homestead at Beeler
Osage County: Oak Hill Cemetery, just north of Quenemo
Cheyenne County: Arikaree Breaks, 12 miles north of downtown St. Francis
Kiowa County: Hayloft of the Fromme-Birney Round Barn near Mullinville
Crawford County: St. Aloysius Historic Site at Greenbush
Marion County: Santa Fe Trail marker west of Lost Springs
Johnson County: Blue Sky sculpture at Olathe city hall
Chase County: Lost on some Flint Hills backroad
Edwards County: At the Civil War statue in the Hillside Cemetery near Kinsley
Sedgwick County: Keeper of the Plains
Greeley County: G.A.R. Cemetery mostly west and north of Tribune
Wyandotte County: Rosedale Memorial Arch in Kansas City
Cherokee County: Standing in Shoal Creek at Schermerhorn Park
Pawnee County: Exploring the "cliffs" across from Sibley's Camp in Larned
Decatur County: Pete Felten sculpture of the pioneer family in Oberlin
Wichita County: Beside the hand-dug well at Selkirk
Comanche County: Scenic drive across the southern portion of the county
Saline County: Outdoor pulpit at Salemsborg church
Sumner County: Bartlett Arboretum, Belle Plaine
Thomas County: Statue in front of the Thomas County Courthouse
Atchison County: International Forest of Friendship in Atchison
Geary County: Civil War Horse statue in front of the U.S. Cavalry Museum on Fort Riley
Logan County: Chalk formations scenic drive including Little Jerusalem formations
Morris County: Allegawaho Heritage Memorial Park near Council Grove
Neosho County: Black Kettle Memorial in Erie
Sherman County: Van Gogh painting at Goodland
Woodson County: Castle at Kalida
Brown County: Robinson Cemetery
Butler County: Latham's "100 Cow" Road
There you go. 105 places in 105 counties.
May you find the place that brings out your inner Kansan!
Get Kansas!
KE #2 Marci Penner
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3 comments:
Great List Marci,
A quick count shows me that there are about 35 of these I haven't been to yet.
Larry Hornbaker KE#2013
I had no clue there was such a cool bridge in Bala. I am waiting anxiously for a response back from the owner of the place so I can go get a look at this place.
That's nice & good
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