Kansas
Where can you find dinosaur bones, moon rocks, award winning elderberry wine, great works of art, and the perfect fishing hole? Where can you see bison grazing on open prairie that still bears the deeply cut grooves of pioneer wagon wheels? Where can you discover all of this and more in one place? Where else but Kansas. Featured Lakes
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Historic Downtown Chestnut Street District
The road in downtown Hays City that is now known as Main Street was originally called Chestnut Street in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The word "City" was officially dropped from the name Hays City in 1885 and by 1930
Hays, KS Historic DistrictsPomona Hunting
Hunters will find upland game plentiful on lands surrounding the lake. Bobwhite quail, rabbit, squirrel, white-tail deer, and migratory waterfowl are plentiful at Pomona Lake. Many furbearers and non-game birds are also abundant. Moist-soil wetlands have been recently constructed on some 4,500
, KS HuntingBeloit Recreation
Beloit has a well maintained system of parks and recreation facilities. The city has 4 parks covering 50.2 acres. There are six reservoirs and lakes within 60 miles of Beloit, the closest being Waconda Lake located 11 miles west. Beloit's annual events include a county-wide 4
Beloit, KS RecreationPerforming Arts Center
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places, this 1938
Leavenworth, KS TheatresChamber of Commerce and Visitor's Center - Caboose
Coffey County Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center is located in a bright red Sante Fe Caboose at the intersection of Highway 75
Burlington, KS Railroad HistoryThe Round Barn
In 1912 Henry W. Fromme, a German immigrant, hired William "Pat" Campbell, a local carpenter, to build a large round barn to house 28
Mullinville, KS Historic BuildingsMennonite Settler Statue
The tallest, sturdiest Mennonite in Kansas stands seventeen feet tall in the Athletic Park. He is the Mennonite Settler Statue built in 1942
Newton, KS LandmarksPost Rock Museum
The museum displays an authentic re-creation of a stone quarry used to cut posts for fencing. Also displayed are tools and other items depicting the history of post rock unique to this region. The museum is located in a native stone house built around 1883
La Crosse, KS MuseumsFort Harker Museum Complex/ Kanopolis KS
The Fort Harker Museum is located in Kanopolis Ks. First Established as Fort Ellsworth in 1864 at the juncture of the Smokey Hill River and the Fort Riley/Fort Larned Road on the Smokey Hill Trail, the post was moved from its site by the river and renamed Fort Harker in 1866
Ellsworth, KS Military History