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Amott08 says:
The Flint Hills are a part of the last remaining natural regions of the tallgrass prairie. The area extends from Marshall County to Cowley County, KS. Because of the rocky landscape, due to limestone deposits, this land was not cultivated for crops. It is great for ranching and the land looks muc...
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bkretzer says:
The Boot Hill Museum and Front Street is great way to spend a day! The title of the attraction is woefully inadequate to describe what they have to offer. Front Street was the avenue in old west Dodge City where all of the action happened in the 1870s. Here they have recreated a block’s worth of t...
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liloo1212 says:
A great little park for a visit with the kids. Animals, petting zoo, pioneer village, Kanza Indian encampment, fishing pond, playgrounds and gardens. Lots of wonderful activities for kids and free to get in (some of the activities require a small fee). We took our son for his second birthday and ...
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bkretzer says:
The Dalton Defenders Museum, opened in 1963, is dedicated not to the criminals who tried to rob two banks in the town of Coffeyville. But, to the men who stopped them. Four of those men; Marshal Chas. Connelly, Lucius Baldwin, George Cubine, and Charles Brown, died in the battle. The citizens killed...
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Amott08 says:
Castle Rock is located in western Gove County, south of Quinter about 14 miles. This amazing natural compilation of rock outcroppings is beautiful! They rise out of the plateau like a fortress. It does take a little time to find and you will feel as if you are in the middle of nowhere...oh wait, ...
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Sftrail says:
The city of Leavenworth Kansas grew up around Fort Leavenworth built
across the Missouri River in "Indian country" in the early 1800s.
The fort is still in use today, but now for training. There is
also a national cemetery in the city. Leavenworth is also
the location of ...
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Sftrail says:
Shawnee KS is part of the greater Kansas City area, with an attraction
to people who like to walk and/or bicycle. Not only are there
marked areas on the streets for bicyclists to use, but the Shawnee
Mission Lake Park has paved off-road walkways for the safety of all the
people who walk or...
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bkretzer says:
Old Abilene Town is recreation of the way 19th century Abilene was supposed to have looked at its cattle drive peak. There are many buildings, most of them are replicas, but several including the church are actual historic buildings that have been moved to this site.
Old Abilene Town features gu...
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bkretzer says:
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum is a multi-faceted facility dedicated to the memory of the 34th President of the United States. It consists of the former general and president’s papers housed in the Research Library; The Pylons, a group of obelisk-like monuments that comme...
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