There are more historic German Catholic churches in Ellis County then any other county in Kansas. They were built of native limestone over 100
Hays, KS Historic ChurchesVolga German settlers began arriving in Ellis County in the mid-1870'
Hays, KS Ethnic HeritageThe survey party was unprepared for the attack and the men were mowed down like grass before a scythe. P.S. Ashley and his crew of six men were careless that day, August , 1867
Hays, KS BattlesitesThe 1895 Kansas legislature declared, "The experience of the settlers of the settlers upon the plains of western Kansas has demonstrated conclusively that agriculture cannot be pursued with profit under existing natural conditions."
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