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we present a handful of these handsome and mostly simple buildings
- all found on a single loop not far from the Kansas/ Oklahoma State
Line. The trip originates in Coffeyville and heads west through Elk
City, Moline, Grenola, and Burden, ending in Wellington and then down
to Arkansas City, and back to Coffeyville via Sedan, and Cedar Vale.
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The
School outside of Cedar Vale
Photo by John Troesser, May 2005 |
Situated
on a high bluff overlooking a crossroad - this school (although brick
instead of wood) is nearly a dead-ringer for Grant Wood's painting
Arbor Day.
If you don't remember Arbor Day - take a look at the new quarter
dollar for Iowa - the committee wisely chose this image from Wood's
work. (You thought they were going to use American Gothic?)
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School
at Moline
Photo by John Troesser, May 2005 |
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School
at Grenola
Photo by John Troesser, May 2005 |
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The
former High School at Arkansas City
Photo by John Troesser, May 2005 |
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Sycamore
School on the highway
Photo by John Troesser, May 2005 |
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