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 varie... Fort Hays State University opened in 1902 as the Western Branch of the Kansas Normal School. For the first two years classes were held at the Fort site. In 1904 the first stone building, Picken Hall, was completed on the "flats"
Hays, KS Education CentersThe 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 BattlesitesAs with many of the cemetery stories and records that date back to 100
Hays, KS CemeteriesWhen the Germans settled on the Kansas high plains over a century ago, after homesteading their farm and establishing a church, the next priority was to build a schoolhouse. This schoolhouse was originally built in Russell County in the 1870'
Hays, KS Historic SchoolhousesFort Hays was an important US Army post which was active from 1865 until 1889
Hays, KS FortsThe Wilson Recreation Center is now the center of activity in this small town just minutes away from the Wilson Lake. The wid...