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Flint Hills Country, Kansas Pioneer Life

  • Early Day Jail

    Early Day Jail

    Desperadoes, ruffians, robbers and horse thieves all "bunked" here in this early day calaboose (jail), built in 1849

  • 1875 Drinkwater & Schriver Flour Mill

    1875 Drinkwater & Schriver Flour Mill

    The 1875 Drinkwater & Schriver Flour Mill is located on the Cottonwood River at Cedar Point. Flour was milled for the area and also shipped to Eastern bakeries until the 1937

  • Cowboy Jail

    The stone building was used to house prisoners before the courthouse was finished in 1883.

  • Chisholm Trail/Santa Fe Trails Meet

    Chisholm Trail/Santa Fe Trails Meet

    Two of the most historic trails of Kansas, the Santa Fe Trail and the Chisholm Trail, meet just 3 miles east of Canton on Highway 56, on the McPherson/

  • 1883 Jail

    The pioneer 1883 jail on Allen Street can be seen by appointment.

  • Wetzel's Cabin

    Wetzel's Cabin

    This cabin was built in 1857 by the C.F. Wetzel family. In 1861

  • Log Cabin

    Log Cabin

    Located on the grounds of the Onaga Historical Society Museum is a cabin that was "uncovered" when an old house on the Kirke Grutzmacher farm was torn down. According to L.B. "Barney"

  • Summerville Cabin

    Summerville Cabin

    The Summerville cabin was built in 1867. It was donated to the Rock Creek Valley Historical Society in 1993

  • Augusta Historical Museum & C.N. James Log Cabin

    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 original site. A must see while traveling across Kansas. The Augusta Historical Museum is home to the 1868

  • Atkinson Log House

    Atkinson Log House

    This building houses the two-story Atkinson Log House, constructed in 1858 on Clark's Creek near Large Spring near Latimer, and moved to this site in 1996