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Heartland Country, Kansas Landmarks

  • Spring House

    Spring House

    The spring house at Conway Springs is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

  • Mennonite Settler Statue

    Mennonite Settler Statue

    The tallest, sturdiest Mennonite in Kansas stands seventeen feet tall in the Athletic Park. He is the Mennonite Settler Statue built in 1942

  • Petrified Tree Stump

    A five foot high exemplary sample of petrified wood. Over 24

  • Cannonball Stageline Highway

    Cannonball Stageline Highway

    Donald R. Green was originally from Kentucky but learned to ride a stage coach while living in Montana. Hearing about how people were moving westward through Kansas during the late 1800

  • Father Padilla Cross and Historic Marker

    Father Padilla Cross and Historic Marker

    This cross was erected in 1950 by the Kansas Knights of Columbus to honor Father Juan Padilla who accompanied Coronado to Kansas in 1541. He returned in 1542

  • Buffalo Bill Mathewson's Well

    Buffalo Bill Mathewson's Well

    In 1863, "Buffalo" Bill Mathewson opened a trading post next to Cow Creek Crossing. His hand-dug, 34

  • Santa Fe Trail Ruts

    Ruts left by wagon trains can be found along Ash Creek, a tributary that feeds the Arkansas River. Ask at the Farmer'