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Topeka, the capital of Kansas, is conveniently located in the “Heart of America,” on I-70 and I-35, only 59 miles from Kansas City International Airport. Topeka is home to many first-class attractions, and many of them showcase Topeka’s fascinating role in American history. While visiting the Capital City, don’t miss the following: Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site & Museum. Old Prairie Town at Ward-Meade Historic Site, Kansas Museum of History and the Kansas State Capitol. Topeka is the home of the Santa Fe Railroad, founded by Cyrus K. Holliday as the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. In 1995, the Santa Fe merged with the Burlington Northern, becoming the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation. Located just west of Topeka on the bluffs of the Kansas River, Kansas Lavender is Topeka’s newest seasonal attraction. Jim Ingwerson was a “traditional Kansas farmer,” raising cattle and hay, but his wife Mary convinced him to ‘give up’ a couple of acres to begin this new lavender endeavor. Kansas Lavender grows eight varieties. Each year in mid-June, when the lavender is blooming at its peak, the Ingwerson’s host Kansas Lavender, an event featuring open field tours, wand making demonstrations and samples of foods made with lavender. Lavender products are available for purchase via their website year-round. Reinisch Rose Garden, located in Gage Park, contains more than 350 varieties of roses, totaling more than 7,000 bushes. There is a parent-progeny display garden exhibiting genetically related rose groups. The garden is one of only 23 official All-American Rose Selection Test Gardens in the country.
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