Hays, Kansas
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Hays is a city in and the county seat of Ellis County, Kansas, United States. The most populous city in northwestern Kansas, it is the economic and cultural center of the region. As of the 2020 census
Main Street in Downtown Hays
Ellis County Historical Society Museum
St. Joseph's Church in Hays is listed on the National Register of Historical Places.
Hays City Hall
Fort Hays
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Fort Hays, originally named Fort Fletcher, was a United States Army fort near Hays, Kansas. Active from 1865 to 1889 it was an important frontier post during the American Indian Wars of the late 19th
Hays, Kansas
…1854. Kansas became a state in 1861. The state government delineated the surrounding area as Ellis County in 1867. In 1865, the U.S. Army established Fort Fletcher southeast of present-day Hays to protect stagecoaches traveling the Smoky Hill Trail. A year later, the Army renamed the post Fort Hays in honor of the…
The stone blockhouse at Fort Hays
View of the new Fort Hays (the bivouac beyond the distant trees of Big Creek) from the weeks-old Hays City train station (1867)
Monarch of the Plains, 1967 Pete Felten Jr.
Fort Fletcher Bridge