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.
Tag: Experience
40 Years of Little Balkans Days
This festival marks a long-held tradition, tracing back to its immigrant heritage. In Pittsburg, heritage isn’t just history during this weekend, but something you can taste, hear and enjoy with your entire family
College-Town Feel Prevalent in Pittsburg
Some towns have a college. Pittsburg, Kansas, is a college town. You can see it in the Gorilla flags on front porches and the way local businesses turn red and gold every fall.
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.
Jock’s Nitch in Downtown Pittsburg shows off senior project: “Sports Are For Every Body”
Inspired by the style of Nike’s most recent national campaign to showcase female athletes, Graphic Communications major Gracie Serrioz (Gardner) has completed a semester-long project of her own that shines a spotlight on local athletes.
From Coal Dust to Corn Liquor – Bootlegging in Southeast Kansas
There’s a quiet poetry to small-town museums, the kind you only hear if you lean in close enough. We found that on a damp morning walk through the Crawford County Historical Museum in Pittsburg, Kansas.
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.
Gebhardt’s Chicken Dinners – A Nostalgic Bite of Crawford County’s Famous Chicken Wars
Back in the days when folks dressed up for Sunday dinner and fried chicken was king, Crawford County, Kansas, had its own version of the Wild West. But instead of gunslingers and cattle rustlers, fried chicken joints waged battle—each claiming the crown for the crispiest, juiciest plate in town.
Washington Post features Pittsburg’s Literary Cat Co
You can read with a cat on your lap at this bookstore, then adopt the cat
You can read with a cat on your lap at this bookstore, then adopt the cat
Since Literary Cat Co. opened in Kansas about a year and a half ago, 32 of the store’s foster cats have been adopted by bookstore customers.

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