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8 Wonders of Kansas unveiled

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

The 8 Wonders of Kansas were announced today by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius before hundreds of schoolchildren who were in the Statehouse to participate in Kansas Day events.

The winners are:

• Big Well, Greensburg.

• Cheyenne Bottoms and Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, in Barton and Stafford counties.

• Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, Abilene.

• Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson.

• Kansas Underground Salt Museum, Hutchinson.

• Monument Rocks and Castle Rock, Gove County.

• St. Fidelis Catholic Church (Cathedral of the Plains), Victoria.

• Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County.

More than 24,000 people cast votes from all 50 states to make the final selections.

The 8 Wonders of Kansas was sponsored by the Kansas Sampler Foundation, a non-profit whose mission is to preserve and sustain rural culture.

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