Southwest Kansas Heritage Tour
The High Plains of southwest Kansas offer
excellent farmland that slopes gently down from the Rocky Mountains
to the west. The Cimarron National Grasslands and much of the original
Santa Fe Trail are in this region.
Towns are listed in alphabetical order, followed by information on
historical attractions. Use our button bar below to go to the town on
your itinerary.
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For road maps to each of these sites, we
suggest you use Yahoo! Maps.
Pioneer-Krier Museum
Clark County historical exhibits, plus memorabilia on national aerobatics
champion Harold Krier.
Location: 430 W. Fourth / U.S. 160
Hours: 10:00 - noon and 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. daily
Telephone: 316-635-2227
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Exhibits on county history, including a sod house and dugout as well
as other early buildings.
Location: 333 N. Main
Hours: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday;
also 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sunday during summer months
Telephone: 316-397-5652
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Dodge City
A village museum addressing Dodge City's rough-and-tumble cattletown
days.
Location: Front Street
Hours: June through August: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00
p.m. daily; September through May: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through
Saturday, 1:00 -5:00 p.m. Sunday
Telephone: 316-227-8188
Admission: $6 summer, $5 off-season
The Mueller-Schmidt House Museum was built in 1881.
Location: Avenue A and Vine Street
Hours: Summer Hours: Memorial Day-Labor Day
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Saturday; 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Sunday
Telephone: 800-OLD-WEST
Admission: Contact site for information
Morton County Historical Museum
Displays on local history emphasizing the Santa Fe Trail and the development
of nearby Cimarron National Grasslands.
Location: U.S. Highway 56
Hours: June through August: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00
p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; September
through May: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday
Telephone: 316-697-2833
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Local history from the cattle drives to the cattle industry.
Location: 403 S. 4th Street, Finnup Park
Hours: June through August: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00
p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sunday; September through
May: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. daily
Telephone: 316-272-3664
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Hugoton's gas field and the local natural gas industry are among the
exhibition highlights.
Location: 905 S. Adams Street
Hours: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday,
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Telephone: 316-544-8751
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
History and hands-on exhibits in a Works Progress Administration (WPA)
building; also displays in restored Santa Fe depot, 1920s home, and
other buildings on site.
Location: 104 E. Highland Road
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through
Friday, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. first Sunday of the month during Winter, 1:00
- 4:00 p.m. every Sunday from Memorial Day through Labor Day
Telephone 316-492-1526
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Kearny County Historical Museum
Kearny County history featuring several important Lakin buildings (Santa
Fe depot, Columbia school, oldest home).
Location: 101 S. Buffalo Street
Hours: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday,
Sunday
Telephone: 316-355-7448
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Historic fort on the Santa Fe Trail; many of the fort's buildings are
original. Displays on military history are located in the visitor center.
Living history demonstrations.
Location: 6 miles west of Larned on K-156
Hours: May 24 through August 31: 8:00 a.m.
- 6:00 p.m.; September 1 through May 23: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Telephone: 316-285-6911
Admission: $2.00
Extensive trail history as well as exhibits on area Native American
tribes.
Location: 2 miles west of Larned on K-156
Hours: June through August: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00
p.m. daily; Labor Day through Memorial Day: closed Mondays
Telephone: 316-285-2054
Admission: $3.00
Leoti
Exhibits on Leoti County's pioneer heritage.
Location: 401 N. Fourth Street
Hours: 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday
Telephone: 316-375-2316
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Liberal
Mid-America Air Museum
Military and civilian aviation history displays featuring 85 aircraft.
Location: 2000 W. 2nd
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through
Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sunday
Telephone: 316-624-5263
Admission: $5.00
Seward County Coronado Museum and Dorothy's House
Local history exhibits in early stucco home, plus a turn-of-the century
structure containing "Wizard of Oz" displays.
Location: 567 E. Cedar Street
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday,
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sunday
Telephone: 316-624-7624
Admission: Coronado Museum free, donations
appreciated.
Dorothy's House $3.50
Dalton Gang Hideout and Museum
Eva Dalton Whipple's home and escape tunnel where the Dalton Gang hid
after its infamous 1893 robbery.
Location: 502 S. Pearlette
Hours: Summer months: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Monday through Saturday, 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. Sunday; Winter months: 9:00
a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday
Telephone: 316-873-2731
Admission: $2.00
Meade County Historical Museum
Lifestyle exhibits depicting the pioneer spirit of early settlers,
plus farm lot with horse-drawn implements and a one-room school.
Location: 1 block east of stoplight on Highway
23
Hours: Summer months: 9:00 a.m. - noon, 1:00
- 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. Sunday; Winter
months: closes at 5:00 p.m. daily
Telephone: 316-873-2359
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
The travel adventures of Claude and Donalda Stauth are featured in
extensive displays.
Location: 111 N. Aztec Street
Hours: 9 a.m. -12 noon, 1 - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday
- Saturday; 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Sunday
Telephone: 620-846-2527
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Natural landmark for travelers on the Santa Fe Trail.
Location: One-half mile north of Pawnee Rock
on Highway 56
Hours: Dawn to dusk daily
Telephone: 785-272-8681 (Kansas Historical Society)
Admission: Free
Sublette
Haskell County Historical Museum
Displays on local and non-local history in historic Santa Fe depot.
Location: Fairgrounds
Hours: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Wednesday through
Sunday
Telephone: 316-675-8344
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Local history in a Works Progress Administration (WPA) building made
of adobe; also a hotel dating from 1887.
Location: 300 E. Oklahoma Avenue
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through
Friday, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Saturday through Sunday
Telephone: 316-356-3009
Admission: Free, donations appreciated
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to confirm hours, admission,
and holiday schedules. To request that your museum be added to this
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