Editing Emporia, Kansas (section)

==Culture==
[[File:William-allen-white-house.JPG|thumb|[[William Allen White House]] (2009)]]
[[File:Sunrise in Emporia.jpg|thumb|upright|Waiting for Dirty Kanza (now known as [[Unbound Gravel]]) bike race to start at sunrise in Emporia]]

===Points of interest===
Emporia has 14&nbsp;structures on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Lyon County, Kansas|National Register of Historic Places]]. They are the Old Emporia Public Library, the Finney (Warren Wesley) House, the [[Granada Theater (Emporia, Kansas)|Granada Theater]] (also known as the Fox Theater), the Harris-Borman House, the Howe (Richard) House, the Keebler-Stone House, the Kress Building, the Mason (Walt) House, the Anderson Carnegie Memorial Library, the Plumb (Mrs. Preston B.) House, the Soden's Grove Bridge, the Soden (Hallie B.) House,  the [[William Allen White House]] (also known as Red Rocks), and the Col. Harrison C. and Susan Cross House.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ks/Lyon/state.html | title = National Register of Historic Places: Kansas, Lyon County |  publisher=National Register of Historic Places.com |  access-date= November 14, 2009 }}</ref>
There is also an authentic one-room school house located on the Emporia State University campus (near Merchant Street) that is available for tours through the [[Emporia State University Teachers College|ESU Teachers College]] and The [[National Teachers Hall of Fame]].

At the Emporia service area of the [[Kansas Turnpike]] is a Kansas Historical Marker named ''Emporia - Home of William Allen White''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-historical-markers/14999#91|title=Kansas Historical Markers - Kansas Historical Society|website=www.kshs.org|access-date=February 12, 2018}}</ref>

===Events===
* "[[Unbound Gravel]]" (formerly Dirty Kanza) is a gravel [[bicycle race]] through the [[Flint Hills]], starting and ending in Emporia. There are race events for 25, 50, 100, 200, 350 [[miles]]. It is held every first weekend after [[Memorial Day]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unboundgravel.com/|title=UNBOUN Gravel|website=UNBOUND Gravel|access-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref>
* "Dynamic Discs Open" is one of the largest disc golf tournaments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://glassblownopen.com/|title=Home - Glass Blown Open|website=Glass Blown Open|access-date=February 12, 2018}}</ref>
* "The Taste" gives people the chance to visit with wineries, breweries and distilleries from all across Kansas and to taste their products<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporiamainstreet.com/main-street-events/the-taste/|title=The Taste - Emporia Main Street|access-date=February 12, 2018}}</ref>
* "Great American Market" is a large market in downtown Emporia held on the second Saturday each September – vendors of antiques, collectibles, artwork, crafts, and food.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporiamainstreet.com/main-street-events/great-american-market/|title=2018 Great American Market - Emporia Main Street|access-date=February 12, 2018}}</ref>

===In popular culture===
The 1987 [[CBS]] miniseries ''[[Murder Ordained]]'' was filmed in Emporia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bike Murder Ordained |url=https://visitemporia.com/bike-murder-ordained/ |website=Visit Emporia |access-date=19 July 2024 |date=3 July 2018}}</ref> It dramatized an actual event in Emporia involving the 1983 death of Sandra Bird.