Post Rock Country, Kansas
With its steep, grassy slopes, Post Rock Country resembles the Yorkshire countryside. Even after more than 100 years, miles and miles of stone fence posts still stand. Here is the original "home on the range," that inspired Dr. Brewster Higley to write one of the most lasting refrains and what came to be the state song of Kansas. In Post Rock Country, you'll unearth one surprise after another. You'll find the unexpected (and the unexplained all circling around the exact Geographic Center of the continental United States.
Explore Post Rock Country
Farmers Market and Fresh Produce Market
Hays Farmers Market Parking Lot - 27th & Vine Saturday mornings and Wednesday evenings June through October Hours: Sat 8-noon, Wed 5-8 pm Admission: Free Local farmers and gardeners sell a variety of fresh vegetables, fruit, farm products and baked goods Fresh Produce Market 2900
Hays, KS Farmers MarketsMitchell County Courthouse
Built in 1901 for a total of $38,310. of 8" pitchfaced native limestone, of Richardsonian Romanesque design. The Seth Thomas four-faced clock in the courthouse tower was installed in 1904 and paid for by donations. Originally run by hand, the clock was electrified in 1950. Of the 25 rooms on 3
Beloit, KS Historic CourthousesZebulon Pike Trail Marker
This marker shows the route taken in the Delphos area by Captain Zebulon Pike and his exploring party during his 1806 expedition. On September 29, 1806, Pike held council with the Pawnee and had the Spanish flag taken down and the U.S. flag hoisted.
Delphos, KS Historical MarkersRush County Historical Museum
Housed in an old Santa Fe Depot which has been moved from Timken, Kansas, a town famous for its early family ties with the Timken Roller Bearing Company.
La Crosse, KS MuseumsNess County Historical Museum
The Historical Museum is housed in the old Beardslee Brothers General Store which originally was a building owned by Ross Calhoun, the father of Ness City. When a fire destroyed the building in 1899, the present building was built with supplies from the razed Calhoun House and sugar mill.
Ness City, KS Museums
The Land Institute
The Land Institute, founded in 1976, is a non-profit, educational research orgaization that works to develop safer methods of agriculture. Graduate students carry out experiments in agro-ecology during a 43
Salina, KS Education CentersThe Delphos Kansas UFO Landing Ring
A very credible UFO encounter occurred in the small town of Delphos, Kansas in 1971
Delphos, KS One Of A KindsNature Trails
Lakewood and Indian Rock Park trail systems provide unique urban experiences. The natural area and trails in Lakewood are constructed in the old lake bed, while Indian Rock trails are developed around the Historical Indian Rock.
Salina, KS Nature TrailsNess County Country Club
The Ness County Country Club is the first golf course in the United States to be equipped with OmniSport artificial greens. The nine-hole course is open to the public for a $5.00 green fee.
Ness City, KS Golf CoursesRolling Plains Motor Speedway - RPM'S
Rolling Plains Motor Speedway - RPM'S Ellis County Fairgrounds 1344 Fairground Road Hays, KS 67601 785-639-RACE (7223) Promoter, Rod Bencken, 785-672-0123 Track email info@rpmspeedway.net Hours: Varies - Races generally start at 7:30 pm Admission: Call for gate fees.
Hays, KS RacingLone Star School
George Ficken Jr. donated land one and one-half miles west of Bison for a German Methodist Episcopal Church and school. Construction began in 1878
Bison, KS Historic Schoolhouses