Rural Kansas

A collection of images from small towns and rural areas in Kansas, USA.

Historic Courthouse in Cottonwood Falls Kansas, County seat of Chase County.
Limestone sculpture, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
The cemetery near Bazaar Kansas is decorated with American Flags from Memorial day through the summer.
This school house was built in 1882 and was in use until 1930.It was renovated in 1972 and placed on the Nation Register of Historic Places.
W.B. Strong Memorial Railroad Park was established in 1997.
A park built in the 1930's by the WPA.A favorite local scenic viewpoint near Lindsborg Kansas.
Statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower at the presidential museum and library.
Site of the town of Chelsea, now under the water of the El Dorado reservoir.
Elk River Wind Farm near Beaumont Kansas
The Elk River Wind Farm, near Beaumont Kansas
Abandoned Schoolhouse, Eureka Kansas.
A pumpkin patch in Burns, Kansas
This cemetery is all thats left of the town of Chelsea Kansas which was flooded by the El Dorado Lake dam.
Chelsea Cemetery, Butler County Kansas
The Acorn Schoolhouse is on the old John Brown Highway, intersecting with Iowa Road. The white wooden clapboard school was built in 1900. The school closed in 1959 and is preserved by the Acorn Ladies Club and local landowners.