Talbert Home

Sam and Hattie Talbert came here in 1897. He built a river levee and huge ditches so that the land would drain to permit regular farming.

Marker is on Bushard Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Helm Tract

The Helm Tract was recorded and laid out in 1923. Four streets ran north and south while Helm Street was the east - west connection.

Marker is at the intersection of South Third Street and Talbert Avenue, on the right when ...

The Beginning of Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service

One of the nation's earliest cooperative

extension offices was established in 1910

in Schellsburg, Bedford County, with A.B.

Ross as county agent. The innovative

program sought to educate farmers about

agricultural science to increase their

productivity. County extension offices are

now found throughout the U.S. Farmers and

other ...

Barry Scobee Mountain

1 Mi. North 6300 Ft. Elev.

Camp grounds and lookout post (1850's-1880's) for military, mail coaches, freighters, travelers, emigrants. Site of area's last Indian raid, 1881. Part of John G. Prude Ranch.

Named by Gov. John Connally Dec. 21, 1964, to honor ...

Juliet V. Strauss

[ Side One ]

Popular columnist writing as “The Country Contributor,” Strauss (1863-1918) idealized simple rural life and traditional roles for women in a time of national shifts in class and gender relations. Began writing for hometown newspaper, Rockville Tribune, 1880, ...

Fort Hays Military Cemetery

Often times soldiers who died while fighting were buried where they fell. Most who died at or near the post were buried at the fort's military cemetery, approximately one mile northwest of here. Nearly 25 of the 175 buried here ...

Officers in Tents

Sometimes officers shared quarters on officers' row, three or four men to a house. Housing was assigned by rank and seniority within that rank. If a higher-ranking officer was transferred to the fort, he could bump a lower ranking officer ...

Officers' Row

A series of 10 houses on the south side of the parade grounds was built between 1867 and 1870. Starting to the left of this house and moving right were the chaplain’s quarters, three partial duplexes for officers’ quarters, the ...

Fort Hays - Fort Dodge Road Trailhead

1867 - 1872

Used to transport military

supplies from Fort Hays to

Fort Dodge 75 miles southwest

Used by civilians until 1879

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Enlisted Barracks

Four enlisted barracks were hastily assembled during the winter of 1867-1868. They faced the parade ground on three sides. Each barrack held a company of 60 to 100 men and consisted of two squad rooms, a room for the first ...