Southwest Kansas Tourist Guide Highlights Old West Sights
Elon Torrence surveys Southwest Kansas as a travel region with plains, reservoirs, and historic sites. Attractions include Dodge City’s Front Street shoots and Boot Hill Cemetery, Ft. Larned National Historic Site, Scott State Park ruins, Garden City pools and zoo, Cheyenne Bottoms refuge, Quivira Refuge, scenery along U.S. 160, and national historic landmarks like Wagon Bed Springs and Pawnee Rock. Major routes listed.
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Elon Torrence
Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Southwest
Kansas
Dodge City
Cowtown
Long Branch
Boot Hill
Larned
Ft. Larned
Scott State Park
Scott City
el Quartelejo
New Mexico
Garden City
Great Bend- Hoisington
Cheyenne Bottoms
Quivira
Ellinwood
Medicine Lodge
Ashland
Meade
Big Basin
Little Basin
Ulysses
Cimarron
Cimarron Crossing
Students Earn Scholastic Honors at Kansas State University
Southwest Kansas students are among 2,990 recipients of spring scholastic honors at Kansas State University for a minimum 12 semester hours and at least a 3.30 GPA. Hometowns include Garden City, Ingalls, Pierceville, Ulysses, Cimarron, Tribune, Syracuse, Copeland, Sublette, Deerfield, and more. Names listed include Linda L. Eatherly, Bruce Elsey, Eugene Francis, Millicent Haney, Melinda Harder, Claudia Knief, Deborah Martin, Steven Nichols, Marsha Ramsey, Jill Schaffer, Robyn Schmale, Patricia Selby, JoAnn Weiss, John Yost, and others.
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Southwest Kansas
Kansas State University
Garden City
Linda L. Eatherly
Bruce David Elsey
Eugene N. Francis
Millicent Lee Haney
Melinda Lee Harder
Claudia Ann Knief
Deborah L. Martin
Steven T. Nichols
Marsha P. Ramsey
Jill Renee Schaffer
Robyn Gaye Schmale
Patricia Ann Selby
JoAnn Weiss
John Alan Yost
Flood Insurance Push for Garden City Homes and Businesses
Garden City residents are urged to enroll in the National Flood Insurance Program. Betty Thompson of the Santa Fe Trail Red Cross Chapter cites federal subsidies and local eligibility, offering coverage up to 17,500 for single-family homes and 30,000 for small multiunit buildings plus 5,000 for contents. Rates run 40 to 60 cents per 100, with agents selling policies locally.
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Garden City
Betty Thompson
Santa Fe Trail Red Cross
Congress
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Pratt
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Greenburg
Elkhart
U.S. Forest Service
U.S
Heinold Commodities, Inc
P.O
E. Fulton
Inez Phillips
Bill Crotinger
Clyde Dibbens
Kc.royals
Flower Excursions, Inc
Starlight Theatre
Garden City Telegram
Ed Ames
KC Royals
Detroit Tigers
Dixon Inn
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas City Royals
City Telegram
Sunflower Excursions, Inc
Emma Thompson
8Th Street
the Garden City Telegram
KSU
Nolcomb
Raymond J. Crist Jr
Delma Darlene Joss
Ingalls
Colette Marie Marie
Pierceville
Louis Wayne Cronin
Roger Dennis Kepley
D. Duane McGuire
Joe Roger Beery
Ingalls—Maxson
Brent Irsik
Tribune
Pamela 5S
Lauber
Robert Dean Lauber
Harold L. Lobmeyer
Deryl E. Waldren
Vernon Lee Waldren
Syracuse
Dale’ Lee Schmidt Copeland
James Alan Riphahan
Jay Paul Weidner
Deerfield
Robin Jan Zubeck
Shirko
Bigdome
Dé Supplie Star
Rebel Press
Edison, GA
Jean Paul Sartre
Nouvel Observateur Magazine
Sartre
Simone de Beauvoir
Leoti
Jerald Lee Bauck
Randall C. Bauck
Joseph Serstberger
Francis Edward Gwin
Marienthal
Barbara Graff
Gary Michael Graff
Richard W. Miller
Rita Mae Smades
Randall A. Winter
Selkirk
David G. Schmitz
Evelyn J. Harbach
Diane K. Heitschmidt
Janette L. Hess
Lesa J. Schwanke
Janet Shellenberger
Mark Gregory Stevens
Preston E. Tempero
Jay Weston Wiechman
Roger Brent Winter
John H. Yoakum
Mercury
Lincoln
Burtis Motor CO
Bartis Motor CO
12Th
All Faiths
Phillyos White
Howe
N. Main
Anthony
Mencanto
Monsanto
Ular
Anthony's
Cottage Garden
Acrilan
Clea
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