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Pawnee Rock – 67567
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: The Pawnee Rock Post Office. The building was originally the Farmers and Merchants State Bank. Over the years, as the plate-glass windows were broken out, those windows were boarded over. PAWNEE ROCK – 67567 My hometown of Pawnee Rock is on the hit list. One [...]
Shaved Ice
In Ellinwood, an old Valentine Diner has recently been renovated to become this attractive summer snack shop. Until recently, it was the Ark Valley Veterinary Hospital. There are two Valentine Diners still in Ellinwood. Here’s a list of the ones still in existence in Kansas. They sell snow cones, ice cream and smoothies. Passing through [...]
Flint Hills Discovery Center
This week’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: FLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER Its exterior walls have varied layers of limestone, similar to what can be seen in road cuts along area highways. A four-story cylinder of glass will allow the Kansas sky to dance into the atrium. Inside this building under construction, [...]
The old bank of Howard
The Howard National Bank building has seen better days.
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