KANSAS
KANSAS
Historic Byway
WESTERN VISTAS
Western Vistas Kansas’ First Historic Byway
Historic Byway
WANTED:
Travelers with a pioneering spirit
WESTERN VISTAS AREA MAP Byway Points of Interest Historical Sites and Museums • El Quartelejo Museum (Scott City)
Mount Sunflower
• Jerry Thomas Gallery and Collection (Scott City) • Punished Woman’s Fork Battle Canyon (Scott County)
You
are invited on a 102 mile historic journey. Imagine an ancient ocean covering what is now grassland and limestone pillars. Imagine hundreds of thousands of buffalo grazing, the struggle for life amongst strangers, the wind blowing fiercely and the uncertainty of the next step, just to survive! There were pioneers who loved it and were eager to call it home, as are the residents of today.
• Steele Homestead (Lake Scott State Park) • El Cuartelejo Pueblo Ruins (Lake Scott State Park) • Keystone Gallery (Logan County) • Fick Fossil and History Museum & Memorial Garden (Oakley)
This is Western Kansas and people ask “Can you see forever?” Sure feels like you can!
• Buffalo Bill Cultural/Visitors Center and Sculpture (Oakley) • Oakley High School Irwin Stadium (Oakley) • American Doughboy (WWI) Memorial (Oakley)
Scenic Places - Continued
• Butterfield Trail Museum (Russell Springs)
• Mount Sunflower - highest point in Kansas (Wallace County)
• Logan House (Russell Springs) • Winona Consolidated School (Winona) • Fort Wallace Museum & Cemetery (Wallace) • Kansas Pacific Railroad Superintendent’s House (Wallace) • Clark-Robidoux House (Wallace)
For more information contact:
Scenic Places
Buffalo Bill Visitor/Cultural Center: 785-671-1000 or info@buffalobilloakley.org
• Lake Scott State Park (Scott County)
Scott City Tourism: 620-872-5612 or sctt@pld.com
• Monument Rocks (Gove County)
Kansas Byways: 1-800-684-6966 or ksbyways.org
• Little Pyramids (Logan County)
Website: www.westernvistashistoricbyway.com
• The Nature Conservancy/Smoky Valley Ranch (Logan County)
© Alan Hutchins
Recreational Opportunities • Maddux Park (Scott City) • Palmer Park (Scott City) • Patton Park (Scott City) • Lake Scott State Park (Scott County) • Buffalo Range & Tours (Logan County) • Annie Oakley Park & Pool (Oakley) • Bertrand Park (Oakley) • High Plains Camping (Oakley) • Prairie Dog Town (Oakley)
• Garden of Gods (Logan County)
• The Nature Conservancy Walking Trails (Logan County)
• Lone Butte (Logan County)
• Sharon Springs City Park (Sharon Springs)