Things to Do
1875 Drinkwater & Schriver Flour Mill
The 1875 Drinkwater & Schriver Flour Mill is located on the Cottonwood River at Cedar…
Explore →1882 Log Cabin
The cabin originally was built in 1882 by the John Pecha family near Odell, Nebraska,…
Explore →80 Foot Wide Brick Streets
Take a walk along the 80 foot wide brick streets of downtown. WaKeeney was founded…
Explore →Adair Cabin State Historic Site and Museum
The territorial log cabin, which now houses the John Brown Museum, was built in 1854…
Explore →Atkinson Log House
This building houses the two-story Atkinson Log House, constructed in 1858 on Clark's Creek near…
Explore →Augusta Historical Museum & C.N. James Log Cabin
See Augusta's first building - the 1868 C.N. James log cabin, which stands on it's…
Explore →Baldwin, Historical Marker
Here, and for the next 300 miles west, Highway 56 roughly follows the old Santa…
Explore →Bell-Bogardus Indian Massacre and Cemetery
August 12, 1868 - At the homestead site of David A. Bogardus, 40 rods north…
Explore →Black Jack Log Cabin
A white oak log cabin stands at the roadside park three miles east of Baldwin…
Explore →Blacksmith Shop
The blacksmith shop was an important part of the rural community. Blacksmiths kept the town…
Explore →Boot Hill Cemetery
Since cowboys generally were buried with their boots on, the first cemetery in the area…
Explore →Bordeaux Trading Post
From about 1857 to 1876, an Indian "trading post" occupied a site near here. Built…
Explore →Bremer County Historical Society Museum
The Bremer County Historical Society Museum building was built in 1862 as the first large…
Explore →Buffalo Herd
Located on US-183 Alternate, four miles south of I-70 and directly across from Historic Fort…
Explore →Bushton's Pioneer Life
In 1881, the only thing that marked the location of Bushton was a hedge where…
Explore →Butterfield Overland Despatch Trail
Stone markers can be seen where this trail crosses the north-south country roads. The Butterfield…
Explore →Cape Rock Park
Cape Rock is the spot where young ensign Jean B Girardot came and traded with…
Explore →Chisholm Trail Memorial Park
This small park pays tribute to the cattle drives to the Chisholm Trail. This was…
Explore →Chisholm Trail/Santa Fe Trails Meet
Two of the most historic trails of Kansas, the Santa Fe Trail and the Chisholm…
Explore →Col. William Newton Kinslow
When Col. William Newton Kinslow died in Beloit on Oct. 18, 1948, many attended his…
Explore →Conrad Park Pioneer Cabin
Visit an authentic cabin built during Momence's 150th anniversary to honor the area's first settlers.
Explore →Cowboy Cemetery
Back in 1878, history records and legend embellishes, Fred Clark and Reuben Bristow were cowhands…
Explore →Cowboy Jail
The stone building was used to house prisoners before the courthouse was finished in 1883.
Explore →Cowtown History
"Every other business a Saloon!"During the years 1867 to 1871, the frontier town of Ellsworth…
Explore →Desert Wells Stage Stop
The Desert Wells Stage Stop is reported to have been a small spur stop for…
Explore →Dorena, MO - Hickman, KY Riverboat Toll Ferry
A unique opportunity to experience the wonder and beauty of the Mighty Mississippi. The toll…
Explore →Early Day Jail
Desperadoes, ruffians, robbers and horse thieves all "bunked" here in this early day calaboose (jail),…
Explore →Ellsinore Pioneer Museum
Charming living history museum featuring pioneer daily life and chores. Weaving, spinning, music and storytelling.…
Explore →Ensor Farm Historical Site and Museum
The barn at the Ensor Farmsite and Museum was constructed in 1890 of rough sawed…
Explore →First Land Office
This land office building was built in 1854 and was used by the first mayor…
Explore →Flood Plain Forge--- Blacksmith
Blacksmithing, artistic and useful iron work, is done in a smithy erected in 1928. There…
Explore →Fort Charrette Historic Village and Museum
An authentic 1790 restored French fur trading post museum with associated village, containing antique furnishings…
Explore →Garlock Cabin
In early 2001, the North Platte Valley Museum embarked on an ambitious project to move…
Explore →Higley Cabin - "Home on the Range"
In this cabin, in 1872, Dr. Brewster M. Higley, a homesteading doctor from Ohio, wrote…
Explore →Historic Liberty Jail
Historic exhibits, audiovisual presentation, sculpture and artwork help visitors learn about the significant events that…
Explore →Historic Trails Park
Historic Trails Park recognizes the Trails that merged at this point because of the ability…
Explore →Holm Log Cabin
The two room Holm cabin was built by Swedish pioneers in approximately 1876 of hand…
Explore →Homestead Museum
Some of the items in the museum came from the people who came by covered…
Explore →Kibbee Cabin
[Kibbee Cabin] The Kibbee Cabin is a reproduction of a log cabin which stood on…
Explore →Lincoln County Museum of Pioneer History
The oldest commercial buildings in Lincoln County, these Sandstone "twin" buildings were built by pioneer…
Explore →Log Cabin
Located on the grounds of the Onaga Historical Society Museum is a cabin that was…
Explore →Log Cabin
In 1882, Ambrose Shelley built a log cabin by Medicine Creek and lived with Indians…
Explore →Log House
Tourist information center includes North Dakota crafts and Pride of Dakota gifts.
Explore →Matsel Cabin Museum
This 1853 cabin offers insights into the lives of early rural settlers.
Explore →McNees Crossing
Santa Fe Trail site named for trader killed there in 1828. Nearby SFT Ruts.
Explore →Mitchell Pass
Following the opening or rediscovery of the Platte River route to the west by the…
Explore →Novinger Log Homestead
Restored 1850s two-story log home, log barn and smoke house furnished with period and local…
Explore →Old City Jail
A unique stone building in Wilson, Kansas, is the round jail built around 1911. Originally…
Explore →Old Fashioned Windmill
Located in the middle of Main Street where once a well served the community's water…
Explore →Old Johnson County Jail
The historic Johnson County jail was constructed in 1872 of native limestone. The huge blocks…
Explore →Old Log Hotel
The Old Log Hotel is Stockton's first hotel erected in 1871. Joseph McNulty, the owner,…
Explore →Old Schoolhouse/Residence
Lyndon's first school was located in the home on Madison Street shortly after Lyndon was…
Explore →Old Stagecoach Stop
Restored oldest building in Pulaski County, Civil War exhibit, tours, on National Register of Historic…
Explore →Old Stone Jail
The old stone jail is one of several buildings that comprise the Jewell County Historical…
Explore →Oregon and Santa Fe Trails
In the 1830s, settlers heading for the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails crossed the Missouri…
Explore →Palmyra Post Office
Located at the Old Castle Complex is the Palmyra Post Office and Blood's Grocery which…
Explore →Perea / Baca House
Last stage stop before Santa Fe on El Camino Real, later an emergency school by…
Explore →Pioneer Heritage Homestead
Log cabin museum built in 1865. Homestead also houses a log barn and an early…
Explore →Prairie Outpost Park
Historic buildings include a general store, post office, depot, church and rural school, vets' chapel,…
Explore →Prairie Song, Indian Territory
Replica of an 1800s prairie village has more than 20 buildings.
Explore →Randolph Jail
The Randolph Jail is a nineteenth century jail located on the grounds of the Riley…
Explore →Republican Party in Kansas
It was on May 18, 1859, that the Republican Party was organized in Kansas by…
Explore →Reynold's General Store
Much of of the Midwest was dotted with small towns around the turn of the…
Explore →Robidoux Pass Trading Post
Following the Oregon Trail can be quite exciting, imagining the pioneers that must have traveled…
Explore →Sam Peppard's Wind Wagon
Samuel Peppard, a blacksmith and wagon maker during the mid 1800's, has provided the area…
Explore →Santa Fe Trail Ruts
The historic Santa Fe Trail which carried civilization and commerce between the East and the…
Explore →Santa Fe Trail Ruts
The Santa Fe Trail closely follows State Highway 56 across the northern portion of Osage…
Explore →Santa Fe Trail Well
Located three blocks north of Highway 56 on Washington Street in Baldwin (the only Palmyra…
Explore →Snowflake Monument
Those acquainted with Arizona know that the Town of Snowflake receives its share of snow…
Explore →Sod and Stubble Country Self-Guided Auto Tour
Three miles northwest of the city of Downs is located the site of the 1871…
Explore →Stone Post Country
The miles of stone fenceposts in this area stand as a tribute to the ingenuity…
Explore →Summerville Cabin
The Summerville cabin was built in 1867. It was donated to the Rock Creek Valley…
Explore →Territory Town Museum
Walk along the boardwalk in Territory Town and look into the store fronts of the…
Explore →The 2nd "Old Jail"
The county's first log jail burned in 1854, and a brick structure was built on…
Explore →The 3rd "Old Jail"
This imposing structure on the north side of the square was built at a cost…
Explore →The Dillon House
This log house was the first courthouse built in 1857 with hand hewn logs 18…
Explore →The Frontier Town of Plainview, AR
The old Frontier Town of Plainview, Arkansas, looks like you just stepped back into the…
Explore →The Heritage Center on Johnson Creek
The Heritage Center on Johnson Creek is part of the Arlington Historical Society's Fielder House…
Explore →The Railroad Gazebo
The Railroad Gazebo, located in the railroad park, is a replica of the original gazebo…
Explore →The Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop
A working blacksmith shop, home to an active community forge group. Blacksmithing demonstrations on most…
Explore →Theodore Roosevelt's Maltese Cross Ranch Cabin
Theodore Roosevelt's first ranch cabin built after arriving in Dakota Territory for a hunting trip.
Explore →Threshing Machine Canyon
In 1867, a party of travelers were transporting three threshing machines belonging to Brigham Young…
Explore →Tibbot Schoolhouse
Originally a country schoolhouse located southeast of Oskaloosa, the Tibbot school was moved to Oskaloosa…
Explore →Transue Brothers Blacksmith and Wagon Shop Museum
The blacksmith business in Summerfield, Kansas is by far the oldest continuous business in the…
Explore →Two Story Log House
Visiting the log house is an experience that one can thoroughly enjoy. The original setting…
Explore →Wadeson Cabin State Historic Site
This hand-hewn oak log cabin was built in 1878. It has served as a community…
Explore →Wellman Schoolhouse
The school was built in 1887 on the homestead of Harrison W. Wellman, in the…
Explore →Werner Wagon Works and Guest House
Keeping Our Roots Alive by Passing on the Old Pioneer Skills Visiting Werner Wagon Works,…
Explore →Wetzel's Cabin
This cabin was built in 1857 by the C.F. Wetzel family. In 1861, a Lutheran…
Explore →Winchester Jail
Built in 1909, this jail came from the town of Winchester, Kansas. Since it was…
Explore →Women's Bridge
The native stone and brick bridge over Tauy Creek was erected in 1890 at the…
Explore →Yanda Log Cabin
The ceiling rafters and attic floor are from the original log cabin, and the sidewalks…
Explore →Upcoming & Annual Events
Pioneer Skills Festival
Visitors will be able to see and participate in skills used by pioneers in everyday…
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