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Altoona is located at (37.526796, -95.661903 According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 0.55 square miles (1.42 km 2 ), all of it land. [ 11 ]
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places website since that time. [3]
There are over 40 miles (64 km) of maintained hiking trails in the preserve allowing visitors access to the tallgrass prairie. During the summer, narrated bus tours of the prairie are offered. On January 29, 2008, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve was named as one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas by the Kansas Sampler Foundation. [5] [6] [7]
The prairie road trip continues from Nebraska to Kansas. Drive to Cottonwood Falls in the Flint Hills to see bison or hike at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. ... Cottonwood Falls, Kansas ...
The Konza Prairie Biological Station is a 8,616-acre (3,487 ha) protected area of native tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of northeastern Kansas. "Konza" is an alternative name for the Kansa or Kaw Indians who inhabited this area until the mid-19th century. [1] The Konza Prairie is owned by The Nature Conservancy and Kansas State University.
Prairie Band Casino & Resort is a Native American casino in Mayetta, Kansas, owned by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. It was originally operated by Harrah's Entertainment under a management agreement with the tribe until July 1, 2007, when the tribe took over operations.
The river is also mentioned in the novel Little House on the Prairie (1935) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, of her memories when her family moved to Kansas from Wisconsin. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, the name may be derived from a greenish substance also called verdigris , resembling a copper ore, which tinged the water. [ 4 ]
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