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Venture off a Highway, U.S. 24 & U.S. 36

Visit these Historical Society sites within 30 miles of these two east-west highways that span the northern portion of the state.

Region mapPawnee Rock Fort Hays Cottonwood Ranch Pawnee Indian Museum Hollenberg Pony Express Station Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission First Territorial Capitol Goodnow House Kaw Mission William Allen White House Mine Creek Battlefield Marais des Cygnes Massacre Constitution Hall Grinter Place Shawnee Indian Mission John Brown Museum Kansas Museum of History State Archives & Library Kansas State Capitol

Kansas City

15. Grinter Place State Historic Site 1420 South 78th Street, Kansas City
Nearest food and lodging

16. Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site
3403 West 53rd, Fairway
Nearest food and lodging

Lecompton

14. Constitution Hall State Historic Site
319 Elmore, Lecompton
Nearest food and lodging

Topeka

     Kansas Historical Society
     11. Kansas Museum of History
     12. State Archives & Library
         - Discovery Place
         - Nature Trail
         - Stach School
     6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka
     Nearest food and lodging

    Downtown
    13. Kansas State Capitol
    10th and Jackson, Topeka
    Nearest food and lodging

Manhattan

8. Goodnow House State Historic Site
2309 Claflin Road, Manhattan
Nearest food and lodging

Fort Riley

7. First Territorial Capitol State Historic Site
Exit 299 on I-70
via Huebner Road, Fort Riley
Nearest food and lodging

Hays

2. Fort Hays State Historic Site
1472 Highway 183 Alt, Hays
Nearest food and lodging

Studley

1. Cottonwood Ranch State Historic Site
Six miles west of Morland
Along U.S. 24 near Studley
Nearest food and lodging

 

Highland

6. Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission
One mile north of U.S. 36
Two miles east of Highland Nearest food and lodging

Hanover

5. Hollenberg Station State Historic Site
Four miles north of U.S. 36 on K-148
One mile east on K-243, Hanover
Nearest food and lodging

Republic

4. Pawnee Indian Museum State Historic Site
Eight miles north of U.S. 36 on K-66, Republic
Nearest food and lodging