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Parsons, Kansas

Everything Parsons is known for

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Music in Parsons

Songs About Parsons

Railroadin’ Some
Henry Thomas
6%
"Territory, Muskogee, Wagner, Parsons, Kansas"

Rivers & Roads in Song near Parsons

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Parsons.

History of Parsons

Big Brutus: The Electric Shovel That Ate Southeast Kansas

1962

Big Brutus is a Bucyrus-Erie 1850-B electric mining shovel that stands 160 feet tall and weighs 11 million pounds, the second-largest electric shovel ever built.

10.4 mi away

Everything Near Parsons

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

  • Big Brutus: The Electric Shovel That Ate Southeast Kansas · 10.4 mi · Historical Marker

    Big Brutus is a Bucyrus-Erie 1850-B electric mining shovel that stands 160 feet tall and weighs 11 million pounds, the second-largest electric shovel ever built.

  • Osage Mission Infirmary · 13.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    This unassuming house on Main Street in St. Paul, Kansas, once played a vital role in the health of the Osage Nation. Built in 1872, it served as the Osage Mission Infirmary, providing medical care to tribal members.…

  • Big Brutus · 18.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Get ready to be dwarfed! Big Brutus isn't just big; it's a monument to a bygone era of massive coal mining. This colossal Bucyrus-Erie shovel was the second-largest of its kind when it began operating in the 1960s. Its…

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