Ferguson Nature Study
Ferguson Nature Study is maintained and managed by Jack Kriss, long-time resident of Thomas County. This nature study area must be seen to truly...
Last Indian Raid
Rawlins County was the site of the Last Indian Raid in Kansas, October 1, 1878. It was a raid carried out by Cheyenne Indians...
G.A.R. Cemetery
This cemetery was established in 1889. The east half was to be used exclusively for the burial of Grand Army of the Republic...
Trail Rides
The historic Butterfield Trail is a popular trail that people still use for trail rides today. The Butterfield Overland Dispatch Trail surveyed in 1865...
Fike Park
Fike Park used to be called Carp Lake. An 1890 newspaper reported that the favorite occupation of the young people during the pleasant spring...
Mt. Sunflower
Mt. Sunflower was designated as Kansas highest point in 1961. A United States Geological Survey officially plotted the elevation at 4039 feet. True...
Kidder Massacre Site
On June 1, 1867, Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer led a campaign from Fort Hays with a regiment of 1,100 men of the 5th...
Hillmon School
The Hillmon Schoolhouse was the sixth school district to be organized in Norton County. The school houses were numbered as they were built and...
Fort Wallace
Fort Wallace was first called Camp Pond Creek and was established in September, 1865, about one-and-a-half miles southwest of present Wallace. The soldiers...
