Ruts left by wagon trains can be found along Ash Creek, a tributary that feeds the Arkansas River. Ask at the Farmer's Co-op in Pawnee Rock for directions. Closer to town, the trail is remembered as passing between the Rock and where the town now is, although the trail has been plowed over and possibly built on. Between Pawnee Rock and Larned, the trail runs along the flat land at the base of the low hills.
One of Pawnee Rock's oldest buildings is the former Knights of Pythias hall, which started out as an opera house and was one of the first buildings erected in Pawnee Rock after the railroad came through in 1872
Pawnee Rock, KS Historic BuildingsRuts left by wagon trains can be found along Ash Creek, a tributary that feeds the Arkansas River. Ask at the Farmer'
Pawnee Rock, KS LandmarksLook for 19th-century graves of American, German, and Russian settlers at the Pawnee Rock city cemetery, located a half-mile north of town and a quarter-mile west. More Pawnee Rock founders are buried at the Bergthal Mennonite cemetery 2.5
Pawnee Rock, KS Historic CemeteriesBuilt in 1936, the theatre has its original wooden seats and original advertising canvas. A Spring and fall film series is sh...