Cabins at Prairie Dog State Park
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The Hillmon Schoolhouse was the sixth school district to be organized in Norton County. The school houses were numbered as they were built and the Hillmon School was District 6
Norton, KS Pioneer HistoryNorton volunteers have rennovated the old Art Deco Theater in Downtown Norton, and enjoy providing the popcorn while you relax and watch movies.
Norton, KS Theatres"What do Stephen A. Douglas, Horace Greeley, Horation Seymour, Henry Clay, Alf Landon, Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter have in common? - They all ran for President ... and lost." Although these men and many others in American Presidential History were unsuccessful in their bids to attain the nation'
Norton, KS MuseumsDid you know that Norton County, Kansas, was the site of one of the biggest meteor impacts in the United States? At about 5:00 p.m. on February 18, 1948, there was a loud explosion and fireball approximately 15
Norton, KS MuseumsTourists will relive a bit of the past when they visit the Adobe House located at the Prairie Dog State Park. This earthen-walled structure is the only one in Kansas on its original location and preserved as a museum. As near as can be determined, the house was constructed in 1892
Norton, KS Pioneer HistoryMy ancestors homesteaded in NW Kansas/SW Nebraska in the late 1800s. I am proud of them and they went through rough times, so...
To enhance the available habitat, food plots have been planted. Deer, turkey, pheasant, quail, and various waterfowl species ...
All that remains of the original Fort Wallace now is the old post cemetery, enclosed by stone walls within the Wallace Townsh...
Beneath an oil derrick on west Highway 24 in Hill City, the Oil Museum tells the story of oil from formations deep in the ear...
Fort Wallace was first called Camp Pond Creek and was established in September, 1865, about one-and-a-half miles southwest o...