Annual celebration dates vary by community. Enjoy fireworks over the lake, or a rodeo with a dance and fireworks.
Author: Explore Crawford County
National Nature Photography Day – June 15
As a child growing up in Crawford County, the day that the National Geographic magazine arrived at our home each month was the day that I curled up on the couch and traveled the world.
49th Annual Four State Farm Show & Rural Living Experience: May 17-19, 2024
Around 700 exhibitors are expected at what has been the premier agricultural event in Southeast Kansas since 1975.
Public billboards
The locations listed below have space for posters to be displayed to the public or their employees IF they think it is relevant to their customers/employees. ALWAYS ask for permission to display anything FIRST.
Happy Walnut Day (5/17)
Happy Walnut Day! We’re nuts about our small towns in Crawford County and on National Walnut Day we’re celebrating Walnut, Kansas, population 220. Walnut was originally called Glenwood, in 1874, it was renamed Walnut after the Little Walnut Creek, on which it is located. The first post office at Walnut […]
Coal Miner’s Century group ride on May 4, 2024
The fastest and flattest gravel ride in the Four State area will have you riding through the rich coal mining history of Southeast Kansas.
Fishing For a Good Time
On an early spring day that seemed made for fishing, Tom Pebley, of Kansas City, cast his lure into one of the more than 1,000 strip pits that dot Crawford County.
We’re a little different than the rest of Kansas
For those who have never been to Crawford County, the 2022 Big Kansas Road Trip was an opportunity to see firsthand why our corner of the state is a little different than the rest of Kansas.
Hotel Stilwell History
The Hotel Stilwell’s history runs back to 1889, when a board of trade sought funds to build a high-class, metropolitan hotel to rival those in Chicago and St. Louis. Funds for the hotel came together through the work of railroad tycoon Arthur E. Stilwell, who agreed to sell bonds in […]
SEK Museum Passports Available from SEK Museum, Chambers, & Visitor Centers
The 2024 Southeast Kansas museum passport will be available at Crawford County museums beginning February 15.
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