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The new city held a special election on February 17, 1981, in which Raymond J. Reiss was elected mayor along with five council members to form the first governing body. [7] The first and only newspaper Park City has had was The Park City Newsdropper. It ran for a year in 1980 and its publisher was Jerrie Molina, the city's first City Clerk.
The Maxwell Wildlife Refuge in McPherson County, Kansas consists of 2,574 acres (1,042 ha) of mostly mixed grass prairie. Bison and elk inhabit the refuge. The McPherson State Fishing Lake adjoins the refuge and adds another 260 acres (110 ha) of protected area, including a 46 acres (19 ha) lake.
The Big Basin Prairie Preserve is a 1,818 acres (7.36 km 2; 2.84 sq mi) nature preserve owned and managed by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. The preserve is in the Red Hills near Ashland in Clark County, Kansas .
Glen Elder State Park. The KDWPT operates Glen Elder State Park located on the north shore of the reservoir's eastern end. [8] [15] The park includes a visitor center, a marina, an amphitheater, boat ramps, hiking trails, swimming beaches, camping facilities, and the Waconda Heritage Village. [15] It also hosts the annual Waconda Indian ...
The bill [10] limited National Park Service ownership to no more than 180 acres (73 ha) of the preserve, the remainder owned by the National Park Trust; both would manage the new park cooperatively. On November 12, 1996, the bill became Pub. L. 104–333 (text) (PDF) , later codified under 16 USC 698 .
Monument Rocks (also Chalk Pyramids) are a series of large chalk formations in Gove County, Kansas, rich in fossils.The formations were the first landmark in Kansas chosen by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a National Natural Landmark.
Following the U.S. surgeon general's new advisory linking alcohol to seven different types of cancer, hotels are expanding alcohol-free offerings. Travel industry experts speak out.
Cheyenne Bottoms is located at (38.4694559, -98.6559125) at an elevation of 1,795 feet (547 It lies in central Kansas in the Arkansas River Lowlands region of the Great Plains. [3]