Roadside Kansas: A Traveler's Guide to its Geology and Landmarks?Second Edition, Revised and Updated

by Rex C. Buchanan, J. McCauley

Two decades after its first publication, Roadside Kansas remains the premier guide to the geology, natural resources, landmarks, and landscapes along nine of the Sunflower State's major highways. During that span, however, many aspects of the Kansas landscape the growth of some towns and near disappearance of others, the expansion of highways, the development of industry. Even the rocks themselves changed in places as erosion took its relentless toll. More broadly, there have been changes in the science of geology. This new edition reflects all of these changes and thoroughly updates the previous edition in ways that reinforce its preeminent status.

Covering more than 2,600 miles, Buchanan and McCauley organize their book by highway and milepost markers, so that modern-day explorers can follow the road logs easily, learning about the land as they travel through the state. Featuring more than 100 photographs, drawings, and maps, the book also provides deft descriptions of fascinating contemporary and historical features to be seen all across Kansas.

Especially in an economic era that has encouraged all of us to travel closer to home, the new edition is sure to be a hit with families from Kansas and the region who decide to explore and learn more about the state and its distinctive wonders. They'll discover what Buchanan and McCauley have known for a long Kansas highways provide much more than passage to Colorado or some other state. They are destinations in their own right.

Published for the Kansas Geological Survey.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Travel

392 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1987

Reviews

[MKF · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a strange guide book of things found near the major highways in Kansas. I say strange because each chapter is a different highway and then it tells you locations by the mile markers. You cannot actually pull to the side of a Kansas highway unless it is an emergency so you get to find the mile marker and see these things as you zip by in your car. Unless you are lucky enough to find a side road or spot to try and backtrack and see them. As the author said many are on private property so you need to be careful and ask for permission.

[Chris J · Rating 4 out of 5]

What if I told you there was a book that could give you historical, cultural and geological knowledge regarding Kansas that you could use to inform yourself while traveling its biways down to the tenth-of-a mile...

[Cws]

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