The Kansas Historical Society maintains what remains of the Fort Hays reservation as the Fort Hays State Historic Site.
The site includes a visitor center, the fort's parade ground, and four of its original buildings: the blockhouse, the guardhouse, and two of the officers' quarters.
The blockhouse, built in 1867, and the guardhouse, built in 1872, house exhibits on the fort's history, its construction, and on life at the fort as experienced by the soldiers stationed there.
The two restored officers' quarters feature furnishings from the 1860s through the 1880s, spanning the fort's active period.
The visitor center, built in 1967, contains exhibits on the conflict between the U.S. and the Plains Indians as well as Plains Indian artifacts from the period.
Other exhibits on the grounds represent civilians who lived and worked at the fort and the locations of the post's other original buildings.
Commemorating the 1867-1967 centennial, the sculpture Monarch of the Plains was installed overlooking the highway passing the Historic Site.
The Kansas Historical Society maintains what remains of the Fort Hays reservation as the Fort Hays State Historic Site. The site includes a visitor center, the fort's parade ground, and four of its original buildings: the blockhouse, the guardhouse, and two of the officers' quarters. The blockhouse, built in 1867, and the guardhouse, built in 1872, house exhibits on the fort's history, its construction, and on life at the fort as experienced by the soldiers stationed there. The two restored officers' quarters feature furnishings from the 1860s through the 1880s, spanning the fort's active period. The visitor center, built in 1967, contains exhibits on the conflict between the U.S. and the Plains Indians as well as Plains Indian artifacts from the period. Other exhibits on the grounds represent civilians who lived and worked at the fort and the locations of the post's other original buildings. Commemorating the 1867-1967 centennial, the sculpture Monarch of the Plains was installed overlooking the highway passing the Historic Site.
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