Kansas Visitor's Guide 2007/2008 - (Page 32) For more details and Ready-Made Adventures, visit www.TravelKS.com. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Check * ahead for special events ranging from barn dances and volkswalks to demonstrations of horse-drawn haying and other ranch activities. Both ranger-guided and self-guided tours are available year-round. Falls The *Cottonwoodred-roofed Chase fanciful, towering, County Courthouse here resembles a fantasy castle. The limestone structure was completed in 1873. Friday evenings, musicians perform on Broadway, the brick street in front of the Emma Chase Cafe. Stay in the elegantly renovated 1884 Grand Central Hotel. Desperado Jesse James once visited Clover Cliff Ranch, now a bed and breakfast. *Council Grove Wah-ShunGah Days (the third weekend of June) celebrates the area’s Santa Fe Trail days and Native American heritage. The Hays House Restaurant, renowned for brisket and fried chicken, has been feeding travelers since the days of wagon trains. The restaurant celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2007. In the Area In Beaumont, the Beaumont Hotel is a restored frontier railroad inn with a 1950sstyle diner and its own landing strip for fly-in guests. Flint Hills Overland Wagon Train and Country Boys Carriage and Prairie Adventures stage easygoing covered-wagon weekend adventures near Cottonwood Falls. * http://www.TravelKS.com
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