Lebanon, Kansas

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6 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

• The Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States · 1.7 mi · Historical Marker

  A stone cairn and small chapel near Lebanon, Kansas mark the geographic center of the contiguous United States, calculated by the Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1918.

• Willa Cather Childhood Home · 19.3 mi · Things to Do

  Pulitzer winner Willa Cather grew up here and set six novels in this tiny prairie town.

• Willa Cather House · 19.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Imagine a young girl, full of dreams, gazing out at the vast Nebraska prairie. This is the Willa Cather House, where one of America's most celebrated authors spent her formative years. Built in 1878, this house was home…

• J. L. Miner House · 19.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Look at that house, the one that inspired one of America's greatest authors! Willa Cather herself spent countless hours here, playing with the Miner children, absorbing the very essence of frontier life that would later…

• Dr. Gilbert McKeeby House · 19.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Pull over here for a minute – this unassuming house was once home to someone who inspired a fictional character in a novel by Willa Cather, one of Nebraska's most famous authors. Dr. Gilbert McKeeby, a physician…

• Matthew R. Bentley House · 19.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Pull over for a second, because this seemingly ordinary house in Red Cloud actually inspired one of Willa Cather's most beloved novels! Built in 1883 by a local carpenter named J. Brubaker, the Matthew R. Bentley House…