While driving across Kansas, you see a lot of grain elevators. Every town has one, and they all look pretty much the same. Occasionally, though, you come across one that stands out. Ardell, Kansas has two. Ardell is not a town, or even a community. It’s barely even a railroad crossing. Even so, it’s home to one of just two buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Edwards County, Kansas. The Gano Grain Elevator has been standing next to the railroad tracks since July, 1915. The grain industry was booming that year, and a total of five elevators […]