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	Red Turkey Wheat
Kansas State Historical Marker
Harvey County
	US-50, Harvey County Roadside turnout, .5 miles east of Walton , KS, USA

	Children in Russia hand-picked the first seeds of this famous winter wheat for Kansas. They belonged to Mennonite Colonies preparing to emigrate from the steppes to the American prairies. A peace-loving sect, originally from Holland, the Mennonites had gone to the Crimea from Prussia in 1790 when Catherine the Great offered free lands, military exemption and religious freedom. They prospered until these privileges were threatened in 1871.