Three pumpkin patches each offer something different for visitors to Crawford County in Southeast Kansas: a mini-amusement park for kids, an old fashioned pumpkin patch, plus an active farm with numerous photo opportunities.
Frontenac
This Isn’t Just A Restaurant Story – It’s A Love Letter To Small Town Roots
This was supposed to be a story about the hardships of opening a restaurant. This is not that story. You see, the owners of Bushel & a Peck had no business moving back to Southeast Kansas. They take food seriously – certainly more seriously than the region is used to.
Town Changing Dedication
Good people do what must be done, give all they can give, then gently bow out, taking no credit. Seth Nutt is one of those people.
Tiny details in mural brings Frontenac history to life
You’ll have to look twice and look often to see all the details hidden in the mural along Mike Hagerty’s workshop in the old Obertos Texeco building. Hagerty and his family are longtime Frontenac residents with more than a little Raider pride.
From the Enclaves: Showcasing Ridgewood Queens, Richmond Virginia, and Frontenac 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,
Girard’s Eastside Cafe serves up pie & kindness
Every TV show that features a slice of Americana often serves it up in the form of a diner or small country café. Usually with a side of apple pie. However, the on-screen version of a perfect small-town American Cafe is often a whole lot harder to find than one might expect.
New Restaurant Gives Country Food A Globe-Trotting Glow Up
Some silly people may say you can’t go home again. However, that definitely doesn’t apply if you plan on opening a restaurant designed to knock the culinary socks off the entire county. Which is precisely what Frontenac Friends Kelley (Terlip) and her husband Mike Gingras have done with their brand new restaurant Bushel & a Peck .
Local church known for chicken, noodles, and love
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.
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.
Grab and go or stop at a market when your time is limited
Black Dogs Farm Inspired to move from the suburbs to save bees. They also rescue dogs, shear sheep, sell free range eggs, lamb, artistic woolen garments & honey. Location: 351 230th St, Garland, KS 66741Phone: 620-223-2702Website: BlackDogsFarm.netSocial: Facebook.com/BlackDogsFarmOfKansasEmail: blackdogsfarm12@gmail.com Celebrations By Lori Open since 2000, this family-owned bakery in the […]
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