![]() The research duo has been traveling the state again to do guidebook programs and motivate people to get out and explore. Some of the most well-known projects of the organization have been the 8 Wonders of Kansas, the Kansas Explorers Club, the Kansas Sampler Festival, the We Kan! Conference, the Big Rural Brainstorm, We Kan! Tidbits e-blast, the PowerUp Movement, and the Kansas Guidebook for Explorers.įrom 2012-2016 Marci and assistant director WenDee Rowe visited every one of the 626 incorporated cities in Kansas to research for their new Kansas Guidebook 2 for Explorers that debuted in May 2017. Marci has served as director of the Inman-based non-profit since its inception. The mission of the foundation is to preserve and sustain rural culture. Marci Penner and her father, Mil Penner, traveled the state in the early 1990s and the result was three small Kansas guidebooks and the formation of the Kansas Sampler Foundation. We’ll feature other day trips from Lindsborg on a regular basis, so be sure to subscribe to our emails for updates from us! You can buy the book online at Kansas Sampler Foundation or at Hemslöjd, 201 N. The Guidebook is filled with many more Kansas communities and other hidden treasures. ![]() This excerpt is a small preview of what you’ll find in The Kansas Guidebook 2 for this featured incorporated city of Kansas. All photos courtesy of Kansas Sampler Foundation. In the late 1860s when Major Henry Inman made the trek on the Fort Harker Trail from present Kanopolis to Wichita he camped at this body of water. Lake Inman: It’s the largest natural lake in the state-a half-mile-wide circular sinkhole. Goulash for breakfast? It’s made with hash browns, onions, scrambled eggs, sausage, and cheddar cheese, and it’s a big seller! But so is the hot roast beef sandwich with beef slow cooked for 12 hours. A continued work in progress, this museum has a lot of life! Inman in the late-1800s is presented in exhibits filled with artifacts from businesses, from the wheelwright to the mercantile, an 1887 Rock Island depot and a 1909 telephone office. On a building wall south of the Prairie State Bank, a 1986 Stan Herd mural depicts Inman around 1910. Phaetons In Concert-200 block South MainĦ p.m. Kiddy Dash for Cash and Candy for 10 and under-100 block South Mainġ:30 p.m. Inman Junior High Girls Basketball Recognitionġ:15 p.m. Salt City Cowboy Church Band in Concert-200 block South Mainġ p.m. Lost in the Sauce and Matt's BBQ will serve at the Community Building.ġ1:30 a.m. Main Street Pizza, Inman Harvest Cafe, Knackies and Inman Senior Center open for lunch. Three on Three Basketball Tournament in front of Inman Community Buildingġ1:00 a.m. Salt City Cowboy Church Kiddy Corral, on lawn just south of Prairie Bank of Kansasġ1:00 a.m. Benefit Auction to help Garen Nikkelġ0:00 a.m. All Schools Day Royalty Mini Parade and Recognition-100 block South Mainġ0:00 a.m. Goods to Go Craft and Vendor Show at the Inman Community Building and on Main Streetĩ:45 a.m. Pedal Tractor Pull for ages 4 to 11 in front of the Community Buildingĩ:00 a.m. Spring Fling Disc Golf Tournament at Lambert Parkĩ:00 a.m. ![]() Peter's UCC Fellowship Hall-Free Will Donationħ:30 a.m Fun Run starts at Inman Wellness CenterĨ:30 a.m. The hope is that having more events in the spring will be able to bring out visitors that may not always come to the town's fall Santa Fe Days.ħ:00 a.m. What one saw that someone else didn't, that was period correct for that year, etc. I love to sit in the little conference room with them and listen to them make their decisions. "These guys, some of the things they notice, I would not have a clue," Kearns said. The college has the nation's only four-year Automotive Restoration program. The car show is judged by students from McPherson College. We've got a benefit basket auction going on for a young man here in town that is needing a new prosthetic leg. "Down by the Community Building, we've got a pedal tractor pull at 9:00 that morning, we've got a fun run at 7, we've got three on three basketball tournament at 11. "We've got the car show going on down on Main Street," said spokesperson Lori Kearns. The annual Inman Classic Car Show was moved in 2020, but the community has decided to put it back in the spring this year and build other events around it, and the Inman Spring Festival is going on Saturday.
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