An aerial view of Rawlins County in the extreme northwest corner of Kansas. Farms are often miles apart here.
A long-abandoned house in western Kansas sits in the middle of a pasture, bookended between two trees.
The small northwest Kansas town of McDonald and its grain elevator sits next to U.S. Highway 36 in Cheyenne County.
An old tire takes on a second life as a "no hunting" sign in rural north central Kansas.
A rusty classic sits beside Kansas Highway 4 in western Kansas.
A late freeze left this field near Hays unusable for anything but straw.
Cowboy Roy Morgan moves cattle near Saffordsville.
Farmers always deal with dust but Kansas has been in the throes of a drought for the past few years. This tractor is sometimes obscured while discing and seeding near Montezuma, Kansas.
A rainy day on the main street of Johnson City, the seat of Stanton County in western Kansas.
A group of Old German Baptist Brethren on a four-wheeler near Garnett.
A meeting at Burdette's Senior Center ends with everyone singing "God Bless America." Those remaining in many western Kansas counties are elderly.
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