Amazing food and little known history in Southeast Kansas
Though both Kansas cities and the surrounding suburbs are well-known for having Italians, few people know about the Italian communities in Kansas coal country. Both Crawford and Cherokee counties had significant Italian populations who came from all over Italy,
This church goes back to what a church was at first in this country. A gathering place of support and love for the community. Instead of promising free tickets to heaven for donations you’ll find a group of people mixing, rolling, and cutting, homemade noodles. It’s the kind of place that you feel good going into.
Imagine the U.S. without polka. A nation without the waltz, or lager-style beer. Or worst of all, brats!
I’m telling you Gastrofreaks — Big Brutus, Inc is so dang big. I guess that’s why it is the largest electric shovel in the whole stinkin’ world. It’s located in West Mineral, Kansas.
At 52, this former United States Marine sergeant has traded his modern military life for reenactments of Colonial times, merging his past experiences with his passion for historical education.
Dreamers, doers, thinkers, makers. Buildings come back to life. Doors reopening. Businesses expanding. Ideas flowing. Hopes reviving.
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 […]
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 […]
The 2024 Southeast Kansas museum passport will be available at Crawford County museums beginning February 15.
Historically preserved buildings with beautiful architecture. Gorilla statues and other monuments, plus murals. Whatever your interest, Crawford County, Kansas has it.
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