Kansas


May 2007.............

Peabody: The Peabody Historical Society put together a tour of some of the old barns in the area. They list seventeen barns on their brochure, we toured seven of them. We were on a school bus (not as bad as it sounds), and visited Marion, Chase, Harvey and Butler counties. The barns are all within fifteen miles of Peabody. Some from the 1800's and some from the 1900's. Most have been in the same family since being built and there was someone at each barn to tell the history. Old barns are becoming more scarce every year, storms in this area are responsible for the loss of many of them. It is very costly to maintain the old barns, so some of them are just left to fall in. The tour lasted four hours,and cost $15. each. We had refreshments at one barn, and a stop at a Mennonite church for a bathroom break and treats.

Kansas Barns

Kansas Barns

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