Mount Sunflower, Kansas High Point, Panoramic View
Mount Sunflower, at elevation of 4,039 ft (1,231 m) is the highest peak in Kansas. It is located on private property with direct dirt road access and less than a mile from the Colorado state line. It was about a 20 mile drive on dirt road to get to this high point. There were cattles grazing around the open pastures around high point. There was strong winds and unobstructed views at this high point.
Video starts with the summit monuments looking at a western direction. It pans around the open prairie land in a clockwise direction. As it comes to the southern direction, there is the path leading up the summit and the nearby picnic table.
How to Say or Pronounce USA Cities — Weskan, Kansas
This video shows you how to say or pronounce Weskan, Kansas.
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Proud Kansan: Kimberly Dansel
Physicians Assistant for Greeley County Health Systems
Weskan, Kansas
The reason why Kansas is full of great communities? Simple. Its because Kansas is full of great people like Kim Dansel who give so much back. Her story is a perfect example of why Kansans always have, and always will have, such a positive and optimistic nature.
Around KS - Butterfield Trail Museum, Russell Springs - Feb. 24, 2016
(Frank) And we're back. Now, as you know I'm a native Kansan and I'm supposed to know a lot about Kansas. This young lady is not from Kansas but she knows about a place I've never been. And it's gonna be her next story. So, I'm gonna let her kinda of tell you about a place called Russell Springs. And for those of you watching in Russell Springs, I apologize. (Deb) Well, I don't know if they get our signal there. The reception is not too great in Russell Springs I don't think, so they won't be too offended. And that reminds me cause I do a lot of speaking all over the country, somebody said one time, I wish you would wear a sign when you leave the state that says, Kansans Don't Talk Like This. You're right, I'm not a native Kansan but I sure love it. And when I as out in the western part of the state I got to go to Russell Springs the other day. I had actually been before. It had been 15 or 20 years, but it's on the old Butterfield Stage Route. So there is the Butterfield Trail Museum there. And it’s, I love it. I just love it. Tiny, tiny, tiny little town, but people working so hard to keep their history alive and everybody volunteers and they just you know, it's just wonderful. I love it. And it's overlooking the Smoky Hill Valley there and it's just, I love it. So, you're going to love seeing it too. The museum won't open again til May. She actually, Debbie Mather came in and opened it for us just so we could get some pictures and stuff, but it will be open again, starting in May and will be open all summer. And so,and then there's a nice little hotel. So, I'm going to tell you all about it so you can all make plans to go to Russell Springs. (Frank) Yea, and the Butterfield Stage Line is an interesting story all of its own. (Deb) It's a great story. Stay with us. On a rise above the Smoky Hill River sets the Logan County Courthouse, the centerpiece of Russell Springs. It used to be bustling, when the business of government drew folks to the hamlet in droves. Russell Springs was the county seat for Logan County from its organization in 1887. Efforts to move the county seat to Oakley were defeated in 1937, 1945, and 1960, but, in 1963, Russell Springs lost the election, and the county offices were moved. It was thought that the building would be demolished, but a local historical association first met in the fall of 1964, and the former Logan County courthouse became the Butterfield Trail Historical Museum, opening on September 5, 1965. Some portions of the museum are just collections of stuff that belong to local residents, but I found two areas to be of special interest, the Messamore Fossil Collection and the courtroom. All of the fixtures were left when the court moved to Oakley and the court is a 45-year-old time capsule. The annual Butterfield Trail Ride to benefit the museum began in May 1967. Early each summer, there is a two-day event starting with a ride or walk of 10 to 12 mile section of the Trail, ending with a stay in Russell Springs for the night. We were about to go into Debbie Mather’s quilt shop when we ran into Mel and Kathy Herschberger. They own the Logan House, the original hotel built there in 1887. We had driven by on our way into town and I was thrilled to have the chance to see it. I asked if it was a B&B and Mel laughed and replied, It's a bed and bring your own breakfast! There are nine guest rooms in the original part of the hotel and the addition has a kitchen, dining and family room. Kathy said friends have called it her doll house. Most of their clients are hunters or family reunions, but they do get the average traveler tired of chains and wanting to experience a different time and place. Debbie then took us through the Butterfield Trail Museum. It's closed for the season, but will reopen for May. She opened it especially for us so I could take pictures to share with you today. The old courthouse, complete with jail next door, makes a wonderful museum and I vowed to come back and spend time in the library. One of the most interesting artifacts was a set of plywood wings that one enterprising gentleman from Winona built in the 1930s. The folks in Russell Springs are working so hard to keep their rich and unique story alive. It is well worth the drive.
Stanley Townsend Testifies at Senate Ag Committee Hearing
On behalf of the Kansas Farm Bureau, Stanley Townsend from Weskan, Kansas spoke with Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) and other U.S. senators on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry at a hearing on the rising gas prices how new rules and innovative farming can help.