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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «stafford county» AND «kansas»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By William Fischer, Jr., June 14, 2016
Wetlands & Wildlife National Scenic Byway Marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Kansas, Stafford County, Saint John — Wetlands & Wildlife National Scenic Byway —
On Broadway north of 2nd Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
When you think of Kansas, what pops into your mind? Prairie? Wheat? Dorothy? The Wetlands & Wildlife National Scenic Byway will forever reshape your image of this part of the "Sunflower State." This 77-mile Byway connects two of the world's . . . — — Map (db m95848) HM

2 ► Kansas, Stafford County, Hudson — Cultivating America’s Bread Basket — Agriculture on the Prairie —
On Main Street east of Highland Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
When settlers came to the prairie in the 1870s, they learned from the land that grasses grew better than any other crop here. In 1874, Russian Mennonite immigrants brought seeds of Turkey Red winter wheat from the Russian steppes. Well . . . — — Map (db m64254) HM

3 ► Kansas, Barton County, Great Bend — Post Rock & Black Gold — Minerals Under the Prairie Sod —
On 10th Street (U.S. 56) just east of Holland Street, on the right when traveling east.
Imagine it's 1880, and you've just driven your family hundreds of wearying miles by wagon here to central Kansas. You’re anxious to build a house, but you're surrounded by unbroken prairie — not a stick of construction-grade wood in sight. With . . . — — Map (db m302598) HM
4 ► Kansas, Barton County, Great Bend — The Arkansas River's Great Bend — Inch Deep, Mile Wide —
On U.S. 281 just north of Southeast 10 Road, on the left when traveling north.
The Arkansas River is one of America's iconic rivers, coursing 1,469 miles before merging with the Mississippi River. Here in central Kansas, its steady east-southeast flow is interrupted by a wide northward sweep called the “great bend.” The city . . . — — Map (db m302599) HM

5 ► Kansas, Barton County, Claflin — Wetlands & Wildlife National Scenic Byway —
On Front Street (State Highway 4) west of 4th Street, on the right when traveling west.
When you think of Kansas, what pops into your mind? Prairie? Wheat? Dorothy? The Wetlands & Wildlife National Scenic Byway will forever reshape your image of this part of the "Sunflower State." This 77-mile Byway connects two of the world's . . . — — Map (db m95731) HM

6 ► Kansas, Stafford County, Saint John — The Founding of St. John, Kansas — A Picture in Time, 1875 —
On North Main Street just north of West 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
As the leader of The Church of Jesus Christ, William Bickerton felt called to be a missionary focused on bringing his faith to Native Americans, whom he called Lamanites. In 1875, Bickerton, inspired by God, came to the area with thirty-five . . . — — Map (db m302300) HM

7 ► Kansas, Stafford County, Saint John — Moseley Memorial Fountain —
On North Main Street just north of East 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The park in the square, owned by Stafford County and maintained by the City of St. John, was established in 1879 and has become the center of activity in this small, central Kansas farming community. In 1882, the City Council gave a warranty deed . . . — — Map (db m302405) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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