Heartland Country
From the buttes and mesas of the Gypsum Hills clear to the stars, the contrasts of Heartland Country will amaze you. If it’s adventure you crave, blast off at the Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center, where you’ll see a full-scale replica of the Space Shuttle, the world’s largest collection of space suits, and a collection of space memorabilia second only to the Smithsonian. Then, come in for a slow landing at Yoder as you pass an Amish horse and buggy amidst fields of golden wheat. You can always whoop it up later with the cowboys and cowgirls at the state’s largest night rodeo in Pretty Prairie, or take a trail ride of your own across one of the great expansive wildlife preserves. Follow your own across one of the great expansive wildlife preserves. Follow your heart to Lindsborg — “Little Sweden U.S.A” — where Swedish traditions and Old World charm (with memorabilia from the St. Louis World’s Fair) have been enjoyed for nearly 120 years. Before you leave Heartland Country, you’re sure to find a little bit of your heart.
Caldwell
One of only six cowtowns in Kansas, Caldwell was founded in 1871 astride the then new Chisholm Trail as an economic adventure of a group of Wichita entrepreneurs. The trail,…
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Halstead
Founded largely by Russian Mennonite immigrants, the city of Halstead was incorporated in 1877 and…
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When Captain Hiram M. Cranmer settled in central Kansas in 1877, he did not know…
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Hardtner was established in1886 on land that had been owned by Dr. Hardtner. Few towns…
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"Active, Attractive & Alive"Anthony, established on the edge of a beautiful valley in 1878, is…
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The Santa Fe Trail brought oxen-pulled Conestoga wagons to the big bend of the Arkansas…
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The history of the area that was later to become Barton County, Kansas has an ancient beginning in relation to…
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